Pack of 8 figures (four different poses)
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Legionaries were now uniformly armed with pilum and short sword and protected by mail shirt and oval scutum. Troops often carried two pila, one being lighter than the other. Standard tactics called for legionaries to throw one of them (or both if time permitted) at the enemy, just before charging to engage with the gladius. The intended effect of the pila throw was to disrupt the enemy formation by attrition and by causing gaps to appear in its protective shield wall.