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 View CategoriesHome > Catalog > |Antiquities| > |Antiquities by Type| > |Weapons & Tools| > |Lead Glandes Sling Bullets| > AS96249Roman Republic, Lead Glans Sling Bullet, 2nd - 1st Century B.C. From a Spanish collection. Probably found at site of the Battle of Munda where Julius Caesar defeated the Pompeian army. Tens of thousands of Romans died at Munda, and Caesar himself fought for his life among the ranks. According to the contemporary report of Vegatius, Republican slingers had an accurate range of up to six hundred feet.
AS96249. Roman glandes sling bullet, cf. Malloy Weapons 139; Petrie Tools XLIV 15 - 23; roughly almond shape, 87.8g, 52mm long, Choice large example, 2nd - 1st century B.C.; SOLD
REFERENCES
Malloy, A. Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities XXIV: Weapons. (South Salem, NY, 1993).
Petrie, F. Tools and Weapons. (London, 1917).
Tushingham, A Excavations in Jerusalem, 1961-67 Vol. I. (Toronto, 1985).
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