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Roman auxiliaries being led into battle (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyillustrations

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The sling thrower with all the rocks being supported with the left arm, that seems really tiresome.

I imagine a pouch hanging from the belt or maybe over the shoulder would be more sustainable. I wonder what the advantages in having it attach the left arm that you also are holding a shield with?

[–] PugJesus 4 points 2 months ago

You can see a Roman depiction of a slinger auxiliary with that rock-cradle thing on the Column of Trajan

Not sure what the reason is, but I imagine there must be some advantage. Speed of reloading, maybe?