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Meanings of pilum in English
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Usage of pilum in English
1
The pilum was considered by the ancients as quite a Roman invention.
2
The pilum and the broadsword had vanquished the Macedonian spear.
3
The select infantry carried a long spear and a shield, the rest a pilum.
4
Then I will drive this pilum through you.
5
Thine, Roman | is the pilum:
6
Tepas, who ruled his men with scourge and pilum, had made himself feared of all save the young Roman noble.
7
The pilum is a stout wooden shaft 4½ feet long, with an iron spit about three feet long fixed in it.
8
The Pilarii were in the rear, who threw the heavy pilum over the heads of their comrades, in order to break the enemy's line.
9
(1) The pilum was the Roman pike, and the spatha the short single-edged Roman sword.
10
"Your words are as the blow of the pilum."
11
The pilum was considered by the ancients as quite a Roman invention.
12
The pilum and the broadsword had vanquished the Macedonian spear.
13
The select infantry carried a long spear and a shield, the rest a pilum.
14
Then I will drive this pilum through you.
15
Thine, Roman | is the pilum:
16
Tepas, who ruled his men with scourge and pilum, had made himself feared of all save the young Roman noble.