The Late Roman Army used mulitple types of missile weapons, from javelins to bows to what may have been an early version of the crossbow. In this video, we examine two of those: the spiculum, and the angon.
SOURCES:
The Late Roman Army, Dixon & Southern
Warfare in late Antiquity, Lee
Romano-Byzantine Military Equipment, Stephenson
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