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It was a legionnaire javelin used to throw at a distance before the fight. The thick wooden shaft provided the weight behind the punch. When the heat of the battle had subsided, it could then be retrieved and straightened. It was normally composed of a flexible quadrangular iron one meter long, the hollow part of which received a wooden handle also quadrangular, about 1.50 meters engaged in the iron firmly fixed by two iron pegs. Series content, product specifications, release dates and pricing are subject to change. [8] It has been argued that later pila were constructed so that the iron shank would bend on impact. Copyright © 1995-2020 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. We may experience some shipping delays due to carrier issues and disruption of our supply chains. The iron shank was the key to the function of the pilum. For more recent exchange rates, please use the. Often this would cause the soldier to skewer himself on the shaft of the Pilum sticking through his shield. Made of mild steel.
ISBN 978-0-14-044934-1. The total weight of a pilum was between 2 and 5 kilograms (4.4 and 11.0 lb), with the versions produced during the Empire being a bit lighter than those dating from the previous Republican era. Price. Having penetrated a shield through a small hole and its shank having bent, such a pilum would now be more difficult to remove, and, of course, impossible to throw back. The former action tended to happen more often than the latter as affected soldiers couldn't risk removing the pilum without disrupting their formation during an advance or losing their lives during a melee. [2] Recent experiments have shown pila to have a range of approximately 33 metres (100 ft), although the effective range is up to 15–20 m (50–70 ft). This was a wooden javelin with an iron spike, the tip of which was harder and wider than its shaft. Zhmodikov, Alexander, 2000, "Roman Republican Heavy Infantrymen in Battle (IV-II Centuries B.C. Overall: 40’’. The pilum (plural pila) was a javelin commonly used by the Roman army in ancient times. View cart for details.
$35.00 to $75.00 - apply Price filter. The short head could easily penetrate a wooden shield, and the long neck prevented the head from being cut off.
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COVID-19 Update: We are open for business and are taking orders and shipping as normal. Go to next artefact The pilum was an iron spear or javelin, which was created by the Romans for war in 400 BC. The pilum (plural pila) was a javelin commonly used by the Roman army in ancient times. The short head could easily penetrate a wooden shield, and the long neck prevented the head from being cut off. Roman Antiquities - apply Category filter. Collectible Armor & Shields - apply Category filter. Terms and Conditions | Cookie Policy | Legal Information | Sitemap, Copyright 2020 Museum Replicas LimitedTM - All Rights Reserved, sign* up to our newsletter to get 10% Off on your next purchase, This replica javelin is of a late version common about 100 A.D. and is slightly weighted to aid penetration. Thanks in part to experimental archaeology, it is generally believed that the pilum's design evolved to be armour-piercing: the pyramidal head would punch a small hole through an enemy shield allowing the thin shank to pass through and penetrate a distance sufficient to hit the man behind it. Even if the shank did not bend due to the design the pyramidal tip still made it difficult to pull out of corpses, armour and shields.[1]. Further, the two pieces, while well fitted, do not have any method for secure connection, which means the buyer has to drill out and install connecting hardware. The softness of the shank would cause it to bend after impact, thus rendering the weapon useless to the enemy. By contrast, since the pyramidal tip of a pilum was wider than the rest of the shank, once it penetrated a shield, it left behind a hole larger than the rest of the shank, and it could move through with little resistance, often stabbing the soldier bearing the shield. Further complications and injury could ensue if the understandably-reluctant enemy did not discard his precious shield quickly enough, as there would be a great press from the men behind him. [3], The effect of the pila throw was to disrupt the enemy formation by attrition and by causing gaps to appear in its protective shield wall.[1]. In one description, one of the two iron nails that held the iron shaft in place was replaced with a weak wooden pin that would break on impact causing the shaft to twist sideways.
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Legionaries of the Late Republic and Early Empire often carried two pila, with one sometimes being lighter than the other. [4] Additionally, pila could be employed as a thrusting implement and a barrier against cavalry charges. As more and more Germans joined the Roman army, their culture and traditions became a driving force for change. Pictorial evidence suggests that some versions of the weapon were weighted by a lead ball to increase penetrative power but archeological specimens of this design variant are not so far known. Be first to know about the new products and get exclusive offers. This made it better for digging into the ground. Translated by Rex Warner, Robin Seager. This spear was designed to throw from a distance up to 33 yards (halshs.archives). The Roman Pilum. Halloween Sale Savings 2020 | Use coupon code: TREAT to get 15% OFF on clothing & accessories! Plutarch (2005). This page was last updated: 07-Oct 12:30. You can unsubscribe at any time. The weapon had a hard pyramidal tip but the shank itself was usually not hardened. Pila could also be used in hand-to-hand combat; one documented instance of this occurred at the Siege of Alesia, and another during Marcus Antonius's Parthian campaign. Standard tactics called for Roman soldiers to throw one of them (both if time permitted) at the enemy, just before charging to engage with the gladius, however Alexander Zhmodikov has argued that the Roman infantry could use pila at any stage in the fighting. Gaius Marius is sometimes given credit for this modification. The shank was joined to the wooded shaft by either a socket or a flat tang. The socketed pilum at the top was an old Museum Replicas "heavy pilum", a monstrous thing with a 4-inch leaf point and an untapered 5/8" shank. *By signing up you agree to receive emails with Atlanta Cutlery Corp., special offers, promotions and messages tailored to your interests. It was generally about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) long overall, consisting of an iron shank about 7 millimetres (0.28 in) in diameter and 60 centimetres (24 in) long with pyramidal head. )," in, People of the American Civil War by state, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, http://books.google.com/books?id=0TKO7lOzuxMC&pg=PA25, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0077%3Achapter%3D45%3Asection%3D3, http://members.tripod.com/~S_van_Dorst/Ancient_Warfare/Rome/Sources/ektaxis.html, http://www.digitalattic.org/home/war/vegetius/index.php#b118, http://www.digitalattic.org/home/war/vegetius/index.php#b209, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Pilum?oldid=4733221. 7 S 0 P O N S O A R P A 7 E E D-1-1 U J-1 0 F J-1-1. Worth noting that one of them (I ordered two) had been poorly stained and so wouldn't take glue or epoxy.
The Roman javelin was called a pilum, and it had a particular shank construction that made it unique, whereas the Celtic spear had a similar shape to the spears used in the later medieval era.
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