In the later stages of the Western Roman Empire, around 250300 soldiers started to get issued with plumbata. These are small lead weighted darts (the 'plumb' part of the name meaning 'lead' in Latin) that are easy to throw and were fantastic at harassing the enemy significant distances away. But how far?

My new and not so secret way of finding out about throwing weapons is Micheal Allison who throws javelin for Team GB under 20's and is having an amazing season and in his hands we can really see what these weapons can do and we have finally have numbers for mass, speed, momentum and energy.

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