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Description: | Roman lead sling-shot. Although Roman soldiers are usually shown with a spear and a sword, they used a wide range of different weapons including the sling. Instead of relying on finding stones of the right size and weight to use as sling-shots, they made them out of lead. A consistent size and shape would make the slingers more accurate (second to fourth century, Arbeia Roman Fort). | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | archaeology living in the North East roman military | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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