Paal_101 Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 (edited) Well here you go guys, another example of a track and field event gone wrong. Over at RAT one of the guys posted this news item. This unfortunate woman was serving as a judge at a major track meet in Brazil when she took a javelin to the foot. WARNING - while not bloody, this is not for the squeemish, although if you have an interest in ancient combat and by extension 0 AD you should be able to take it Imagine if you will that the woman was a Celt and the javelin was a standard issue Roman army pilum. Obviously the wound is not lethal, but it certainly would render any combatant useless. Obviously one might still be able to crawl away, but unlike this particular javelin the pilum would be impossible to pull out thanks to the barbed head. The only way to remove it would be to fill off the head then pull it out. Certainly not an impromptu battlefield self-surgery. Plus to have someone falling with even a minor wound from a pilum would severely disrupt any organized advance, which shows why the Romans used it so successful against the Celts and Macedonians.On a side note, does anyone else have similar pictures? While not inflicted with real ancient weapons of the proper dimensions, accidents like this are some of the best ways to understand why ancient armies used the weapons the way they did Morbid but true Edited September 28, 2006 by Paal_101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyThumbs Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Kind of a weird topic, but yea, your right. And keep in mind that was just one spear, imagine 1000 more pilums being thrown at an oncoming army.I also remeber a video where the ref/judge was actually impaled by a thown javelin.And a special on discovery on wierd accidents. One javelin actually hit a guy at the bottom of the jaw and came out the other side of his lower neck, and luckily for him, it missed all vital parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirePowa8 Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Ouch.Once I dropped a surprisingly sharp fork on my foot. Didn't notice anything had happened until I looked down, and my once white sock was blood red all over. So I can understand her pain.Though to my knowledge, Peltasts never threw forks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egel Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Yeah I can see why javelins/pilum etc. were pretty irritating on the battlefield. And why armour and shields were essential.Kinda random tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Oww, that looks painful. Truly brutal weapons pilums would have been, very effective when used en-masse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julius1 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 ....ouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 (edited) Yeah 2 years later, still hurts just as bad....mmphhh.Julius try not to bump really old topics with absolutely nothing to say Edited June 10, 2008 by Aeros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julius1 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 sorry lol im just kinda new here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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