Flashcards: Ancient weapons

The sagaris is an ancient Iranian (or Persian) shafted weapon used by the horse-riding ancient North-Iranian Saka and Scythian peoples of the great Eurasian steppe.

Archery is the sport, practice or skill of using a bow to propel arrows.

Soliferrum or Soliferreum (Latin: solus, "only" + ferrum, "Iron") was the Roman name for an ancient Iberian ranged pole weapon made entirely of iron.

A parazonium is a long triangular dagger, wide at the hilt end and coming to a point.

A sword is a bladed weapon intended for slashing or thrusting.

Falarica, also Phalarica was an ancient Iberian ranged pole weapon which were sometime used as an incendiary weapon.

Khopesh (ḫpš; also vocalized khepesh) is an Egyptian sickle-sword that evolved from battle axes.

A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to throw a blunt projectile such as a stone, clay, or lead "".

An aspis (Ancient Greek: ἀσπίς, plural aspides, ἀσπίδες), sometimes also referred to as a hoplon, was the heavy wooden shield used by the infantry in various periods of ancient Greece.

A bolas (plural: bolas or bolases; from Spanish bola, "ball", also known as boleadoras) is a type of throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, used to capture animals by entangling their legs.

Gladius (English pronunciation: /ɡleɪdiəs/; Latin: glădĭus, pronounced [ˈɡladiʊs]) was one Latin word for sword and is used to represent the primary sword of Ancient Roman foot soldiers.

The harpē (ἅρπη) was a type of sword or sickle; a sword with a sickle protrusion along one edge near the tip of the blade.

The xyston (Ancient Greek: ξυστόν "spear, javelin; pointed stick, goad") was a type of a long thrusting spear in ancient Greece.

Each wheel is a flat metal ring approximately 38 cm (about 15 inches) in diameter.

A naboot (nabboot, asaya, asa, shoum) is a quarterstaff constructed of palm wood or rattan.

Swordsmanship refers to the skills of a swordsman, a person versed in the art of the sword.

A spiculum is a late Roman spear that replaced the pilum as the infantryman's main throwing javelin around 250 AD.

Inuit weapons were primarily hunting tools which served a dual purpose as weapons, whether against other Inuit groups or against their traditional enemies, the Chipewyan, Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) Dene, and Cree.

In the military of classical antiquity, a clipeus (Ancient Greek: ἀσπίς) was a large shield worn by the Greeks and Romans as a piece of defensive armor, which they carried upon the arm, to secure them from the blows of their enemies.

Parashu (Sanskrit: paraśu) is the Sanskrit word for battle-axe which can be wielded with one or both hands.

The epsilon axe is a type of battle axe named for its similarity to the Greek letter epsilon (ϵ).