[ClearCase_guy]

I agree the intent seems clear, but the wording is very mangled.

I remember reading about the Balearic slingers -- very good auxiliary troops for the Romans across many centuries. I had assumed that they hurled stones, but lead shot of a certain size would have been ideal.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, it would be more compact for the mass, and really drill through the air (hence its use in bullets) and into an eye, or a skull.

[Oztrich Boy]

I remember reading about the Balearic slingers -- very good auxiliary troops for the Romans across many centuries. I had assumed that they hurled stones, but lead shot of a certain size would have been ideal.

If they couldn't get Depleted Uranium

[wildbill]

i agree about the Balerian slinger auxilleries who were a famous part of the Roman forces.

At another thread recently the story referred to some lead ‘Shot” that were found which looked like musket balls and were ysed by slingers