Encyclopedia of historical weapons - 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 standard spear carried by all legionaries.
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- Breastplate
- Plate armour protecttion for the front of the torso, to the waist. See also plackart.
- Grand guard
- A large reinforcing plate designed for the tilt, attached to the left side of the breastplate to cover the left shoulder, the upper arm and…
- Mitten gauntlet
- A gauntlet with articulated transverse lames covering the fingers, rather than the fingers each being separately protected by a series of…
- Doloire
- (wagoner's axe) battle axe used in the 15th century; socketed steel head is fitted to a wooden haft.
