Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Umbo
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- Dagger
- Knife in a sword-like form. Daggers came in many forms and in single or double-edged variations. Usually equipped with a pommel…
- Salade
- See Sallet.
- Target
- A round shield, mounted on the arm, used throughout history. Most targets were large (30 - 36”) and made of wood, but in the…
- Onager
- Roman Ballista, so named after a wild ass because of the way it kicked back upon firing. It was most common in the armies in the mid 4th century…
