Robert asks, 'Why javelins? It seems that a bow would be a much better weapon for a skirmish in the ancient world, but it seems that javeLin armed light troops may have been the most common type in Europe.
Additionally, if using javelins, why not an atlatl to throw them with? This would make a difference in hitting a target, but one has to believe that range would be an important factor while skirmishing.'
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AWA289 - Losing well
AWA288 - Taking Position on the Right
AW287 - The Marcomannic Wars
AWA286 - Low Casualty figures
AWA285 - Where are the Light Armed Troops?
AWA284 - Comparing the Byzantine conquest of Vandal North Africa with the Punic Wars
AWA283 - Why did the Macedonian phalanx struggle against the Greek mercenary hoplites at Issus?
AW282 - Alexander Attacks Persia
AWA281 - What are you hoping to see when the scrolls from Herculaneum are scanned?
AWA280 - When guides betray
AWA279 - Roman interactions with Dacia
AW278 - Publius Quinctilius Varus and the Teutoburg Disaster
AWA277 - AWA Got a Postcard!
AWA276 - Should Marcus Aurelius have chosen a different successor?
AWA275 - Crassus at Carrhae
AW274 - The Julio-Claudian legion
AWA273 - The stagnation of the phalanx
AWA272 - Targeting battlefield leaders
AWA271 - Soldiers fighting for usurpers
AWA270 - The battle of the Hydaspes
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