Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Aclys
Wooden Roman throwing stick with a spiked head; attached to user's arm with a strap which enabled it to be retrieved after it had been thrown.
From Encyclopedia
- Compound-Hilt & Complex-Guard
- Term for the many forms of hilts in Renaissance and on some late-Medieval swords. Ususally consist of finger-rings,…
- Targe
- Small, more flat wooden shield covered with leather or metal-trimmed, later all- steel.
- Iwatajinga
- Club consisting of a stone head attached to a wooden handle.
- Quaddara
- Straight-bladed sword, often inlaid with gold; hilt is of horn with no guard.
