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I specifically started this new article because while I was searching for "Javelin" Wikipedia took me to Pilum. Pilum is a type of heavy javelin but javelin is not a type of Pilum like Sarissa is a type of pike but pike is not a type of Sarisssa. There were numerous types of javelins along the ages and the Pilum was only one of them. The Pilum is not a group name, not even in classical times, not even in the Roman legion and should not be considered as such. Nik Sage 08:09, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
The Spear article says that javelin is a type of spear whereas this article seems to imply that spear and javelin are the same. Is there a difference, and then what is it? If not, we should merge the articles. And what is it that makes Gungnir a javelin rather than a spear? Stefán 19:17, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
It says that Spainish medievel troops used javelins called assegai. This the African name, so is this correct? 145.253.108.22 11:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Both this article and the Spiculum article refer to the head having a "shank" but this is neither defined, nor linked. I looked at the shank disambiguation page and am none the wiser. Could someone clarify this please? -- Irrevenant [ talk ] 00:06, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
The Apollonian Guard of the Trojan army were light cavalry unit which was renowned for its javelin throwing capablilities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.3.113.54 ( talk) 18:32, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
The sentence given in this section reminds me strongly of the Hollywood-movie "Troy". I haven´t read the "Iliad", but I thought that Homer only wrote about chariots, and not abot cavalry, well aware of the fact that riding on the horseback was appaerently not common in Bronze Age Greece (I got that information from the book "Warfare in the Classical World" by John Warry). By the way, there are lots of things missing in this article - javelins were, just for example, also used in Asia, by Greek cavalry, Hispanic infantry serving under Hannibal and by Native Americans. --Mike F (German Wikipedia) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.3.113.54 ( talk) 18:28, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
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I specifically started this new article because while I was searching for "Javelin" Wikipedia took me to Pilum. Pilum is a type of heavy javelin but javelin is not a type of Pilum like Sarissa is a type of pike but pike is not a type of Sarisssa. There were numerous types of javelins along the ages and the Pilum was only one of them. The Pilum is not a group name, not even in classical times, not even in the Roman legion and should not be considered as such. Nik Sage 08:09, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
The Spear article says that javelin is a type of spear whereas this article seems to imply that spear and javelin are the same. Is there a difference, and then what is it? If not, we should merge the articles. And what is it that makes Gungnir a javelin rather than a spear? Stefán 19:17, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
It says that Spainish medievel troops used javelins called assegai. This the African name, so is this correct? 145.253.108.22 11:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Both this article and the Spiculum article refer to the head having a "shank" but this is neither defined, nor linked. I looked at the shank disambiguation page and am none the wiser. Could someone clarify this please? -- Irrevenant [ talk ] 00:06, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
The Apollonian Guard of the Trojan army were light cavalry unit which was renowned for its javelin throwing capablilities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.3.113.54 ( talk) 18:32, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
The sentence given in this section reminds me strongly of the Hollywood-movie "Troy". I haven´t read the "Iliad", but I thought that Homer only wrote about chariots, and not abot cavalry, well aware of the fact that riding on the horseback was appaerently not common in Bronze Age Greece (I got that information from the book "Warfare in the Classical World" by John Warry). By the way, there are lots of things missing in this article - javelins were, just for example, also used in Asia, by Greek cavalry, Hispanic infantry serving under Hannibal and by Native Americans. --Mike F (German Wikipedia) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.3.113.54 ( talk) 18:28, 25 September 2007 (UTC)