Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: jharper%euroies.ucd.ie%CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Jerry Harper) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Roman missiles? Message-ID: <7100@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 3 Jun 89 04:52:59 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 20 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Jerry Harper I have just finished a translation of Livy's account of the second Punic war. Some of the battles I recalled from my Latin classes of many years ago, but I cannot remember what exactly the translator (Aubrey de Selincourt) could have meant by "missiles", as carried by the light infantry and legionaires, excepting the standard *pilum* and light spears. Could anyone enlighten me as to the other types of missiles provided to the Roman infantry man? Just as an afterthought, I would also like a reference on the construction of siege engines and artillary pieces deployed in this period (indee, up to mediaeval times if possible). Jerry Harper jharper@euroies.uucp AI Research Centre tel: 353-1-693244 x 2484 Computer Science Department University College Dublin Dublin 4 IRELAND