Two types of pilum which should be used more in reenactment

As it's widely known, the pilum is the throwing weapon of the Imperial Roman legionary by definition. Its peculiar shape - with the pyramidal wooden base for the long, iron shaft, with its pyramidal tip - makes it an extremely recognizable…

Two important Gallic pieces of equipmente copied by the Romans

Ph. Evropantiqva It is widely known that Romans always adopted equipments from their enemies, often making also refined versions of them. But there are at least two pieces of military gear that the Romans had "copied" without too many modifications,…

Which swords did Roman Republican legionaries use?

When we talk about the military equipment of the Roman Republican legionary (in particular, the one from the Middle Republic), there's still a great deal of confusion (not to talk about some reenactorisms that are really hard to eradicate) about…