object

Pilum

Objects

A named Roman throwing-javelin of later legionary practice with a long iron shank. Not a generic spear dump, not a hasta, and not a pelian spear.

Also known as Roman pilum

Roman religion

  • Pilum appears in Roman religion.

    Caesar’s Gallic War names the pilum as the throwing-javelin of legionary volleys. A named Roman missile in that commentary, not a hasta and not a Pelian spear.

    from Julius Caesar · Gallic War, c. 50s BCE

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • Gallic War · Julius Caesar

    Caesar, Bellum Gallicum.