- The
hasta (pl.:
hastae) was the
spear carried by
early Roman legionaries, for
which the
Roman soldiers known as
hastati were named. In
later republican...
- made from
broken spathae.
Hasta is a
Latin word
meaning a
thrusting spear.
Hastae were
carried by
early Roman legionaries (camillan); in particular, they...
- the
first line of the formation. The
legionaries most
often fought with
hastae (spears) and
scuta (large
rectangular shields) in a
checkered maniple formation...
-
known as lancearii. It is
unclear how the
lancea was
distinguished from the
hastae. Many
lancea had amenta,
although not all. This kind of
javelin also had...
-
Velites were
light infantry and
skirmishers armed with
javelins (Latin:
hastae velitares), each with a 75cm (30 inch)
wooden shaft the
diameter of a finger...
-
forces used
typical Roman equipment including pila (heavy javelins) and
hastae (thrusting spears) as
weapons as well as
traditional bronze helmets, bodyshields...
- the
triarii in the
third line.
While the
triarii were
still armed with
hastae, the
hastati and the
principes were
rearmed with
short swords and heavy...
- the
richest after the
mounted equites.
Triarii were
armed with spears, or
hastae,
about 2 metres (6½ feet) long. They also
carried swords, or gladii, about...
-
principes slightly wealthier.
Hastati were
armed with
short spears, or
hastae, up to 1.8 metres (6 ft) long, from
which the
soldiers acquired their name...
- stored. Here, too,
stood the
lances that were
consecrated to Mars, the
hastae Martiae.
According to
legend reported by
Aulus Gellius, if the
lances started...
