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What weapons were used in ancient Rome and how were they made?

During the ancient times the Romans were a force to be reckoned with, when the Romans were fighting they could wear up to 5 pieces of armour at once and some of the soldiers would carry up to 4 weapons at once. This means they were carrying around about 4 kilograms of weight just supplied by weapons and the different pieces of armour. If they wore a full body chain mail which weighed in at 14 kilograms it would be a lot harder to run around with that on, it you really thought about it would be like carrying two boxes that are straining your neck this means the fighters would get some pretty bad strains. in ancient Rome when they made there weapons they whould tye the pole and the shape end tgether by tying a strands of tree which is very strong and made the weapons stick together amazingly.

In ancient rome they made there weapons a bit different to the egyptions and greeks they would take them to a workshop and carve there weapons into shape. it was up to the peasents and the knights to do the hard yards and then the army to use them.

Here is a list of weapons:
 * **Arcus: Bow and Sagitta an arrow**
 * **Contus: (Pike or lance)**
 * **Acinaces: Single edged cavalry sword**
 * **Fascina: Tridents, harpoons**
 * **Gladius: Sword**
 * **Gladius Graecus: Leaf shaped sword**
 * **Hasta: Spear for thrusting**
 * **Iaculum: Casting net**
 * **Lancea: short javelin, or spear**
 * **Parmula: Small, light shield**
 * **Pilum: Long, heavy throwing spear**
 * **Plumbatae or martiobarbuli (lead-weighted darts)**
 * **Pompeianus: Sword**
 * **Pugnum: Small shield used for thrusting**
 * **Pugio: Dagger**
 * **Sagitta: Arrows**
 * **Semispathae: Half-swords**
 * **Sica: Short, curved sword or scimitar**
 * **Spatha: Long broadsword**
 * **Verutum: Short, light throwing spea**

Comparison to modern society: These days weapons are made by machines, this means there are not many hands on jobs to do with weapons other than testing them. They carve and weld them together so it is a lot stronger because it is being held by metal which is alot stronger than strand of tree that they used in the ancient years because they didnt have anything else to use. unlike today where we have pretty much every applience you can have it means we will have better weapons. 