The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . 24 21. SPEARS, SHIELD BOSSKS, KTC., AT ST, 22. SPEAR AND AXE OF CIIILDERIC. GERMAIN. 23. 24. ANGON AT BRUSSELS. THE ANGON that their total length cannot have been greater thanthat of a tall man. At the butt end they were some-times shod with an iron cap, itself pointed or carry-ing a projecting spike. Something must be said about a special type ofTeutonic spear, the so-called *angon. This isdescribed to us in an often-quoted passage in theByzantine historian Agathias as something peculiarto the Franks. In reality, it was
The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . 24 21. SPEARS, SHIELD BOSSKS, KTC., AT ST, 22. SPEAR AND AXE OF CIIILDERIC. GERMAIN. 23. 24. ANGON AT BRUSSELS. THE ANGON that their total length cannot have been greater thanthat of a tall man. At the butt end they were some-times shod with an iron cap, itself pointed or carry-ing a projecting spike. Something must be said about a special type ofTeutonic spear, the so-called *angon. This isdescribed to us in an often-quoted passage in theByzantine historian Agathias as something peculiarto the Franks. In reality, it was not speciallyPrankish nor even Germanic, but an imitation of awell-known weapon of the Romans, the historicpilum. The Roman pilum was a spear of whichnot only the head but the shaft, to a length of threeor four feet, was of iron. The shaft ended in asocket generally square in section into which wasinserted a wooden shaft. The wh ole formed a heavyjavelin of some eight or nine feet In length and whenhurled by the practised hand of the legionary
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