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What you are saying is true for some designs of the pilum specifically latter day designs. There were basically two types of pilum, heavy and light with many variations in-between. The pilum was a cross between a spear and a lance. The light ones were more spear like and the heavy ones were more...

I have read a lot of the writings of ancient Roman and Greek authors. I have read on several occasions that the Romans found that the quickest way to bring an opponent down when using a pilum (a type of spear for close combat) was to hit the opponent in the area just below the beltline. This...