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Late Roman legionary re-enactor with plumbata, lead-weighted darts that replaced the javelin
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How would they throw the darts? Like I threw lawn darts as a kid, trying to get them as high as possible in a parabola, or would they throw them shuriken style, right at the charging hordes?
You throw them in a straight line at short range, mostly at the horses of cavalry charging at you.