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To: SunkenCiv
14 lead bullets which were probably used in the Battle of Mutina in 43 B.C.

I am really curious as to what kind of lead bullets were used in 43 B.C..

5 posted on 12/05/2008 8:10:33 PM PST by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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To: Pontiac

sling bullets.

A slinger was called a Funditor, and the lead bullets might have the word Dexa inscribed on them...that meant Catch! LOL


7 posted on 12/05/2008 8:25:03 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Election 2010 begins today!)
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To: Pontiac

Those were probably lead slingstones (stone being an expression in that case). The Romans had artillery (the word is even from them I think), but it wasn’t obviously gunpowder-based. ;’) Vespasian, as a general, made his reputation in Britain (if memory serves), reducing British hillforts using Roman artillery of various types.


12 posted on 12/05/2008 8:33:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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