Latin 5th 6 weeks Project

Roman militarily Emilio M. Campos

1st period Latin 1

Weapons • The weapons they used were the Pugio, a Gladius, a Spatha, a Javelin,

a Pilum and a Bow.

Pugio •The Pugio was a weapon used by the Roman Military.•It was a dagger, like a small sword also a side arm.•It was 18 to 28 cm long and 5 cm wide the handle was also made out of meteal.•After time the Pugio has gotten smaller to 10 to 12 cm long and 3.5 cm wide.

Gladius • A Gladius was sword.• This sword was up to 50 to 60 cm long.• The weapon was used for stabbing and slashing but mostly for

stabbing because during a war or fight there wasn’t much room for swinging the sword to slash.

Javelin• It would be the Roman main weapon.• They would normally throw it towards the enemy.• It was like a sphere but was heavy but later on after the updated it it

became light weight.

A Pilum • It was about 2 meters long.• It was a heavy Javelin.• It gave the Roman a short range artillery ability this is why the

Romans had the most dominance in the world.• The Pilum has a thin Iron shank and a heavy shaft on the tip of the

Pilum and was made out of iron and would normally be hard to remove from a shield.

The Bow • The bow came with and arrow and the arrow had an iron head.• The romans used the Composite bow.• It was made out of horn, wood and sinew hold it together.• The