From Encyclopedia
- Back
- The no-cutting part opposite the blade. Double-edged swords has no back.
- Waist lame
- A horizontal lamination in the breast or backplate at waist level.
- Adarga
- Parrying weapon consisting of a small bladed shield attached to a short spear.
- Hasta
- The hasta was the Roman trusting spear. It was carried by the units called triarii in Republic times. Marius military reforms made the pilum the…
