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Description: | Roman iron spearhead. The spearhead was attached to one end of a wooden shaft, with an iron butt on the other end. The shaft was usually made of ash or hazel as these are strong but flexible woods, and was 2.5 - 3m (8-10ft) long. The spear was mainly a thrusting weapon, but could also be thrown. It was the principal weapon of the auxiliary soldier, the type of soldier who lived on and around Hadrian's Wall (second - 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 war military | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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