Lancea (weapon)

Short description: Type of javelin used by the Roman auxiliary soldiers

The lancea was a javelin used in ancient Rome.[1][2][3] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word originally came from the Celtiberian language, also cf. λόγχη (lonche), the Greek term for lance. One kind of lancea, possibly known as the lancea pugnatoria or "the fighting lance" was used as a thrusting weapon by cavalrymen.[4][5] This weapon was used by cavalrymen as it was lighter and easier to use than the pilum.[6] The lancea was also used by auxiliaries.[5] legionaries would use the lancea if the occasion called for it.[7] Arrian equipped his army with the weapon during a battle with the Alans.[8][9] Soldiers that used it were known as lancearii.[10] It is unclear how the lancea was distinguished from the hastae. Many lancea had amenta, although not all.[5] This kind of javelin also had short wooden shafts and small leaf-shaped metal heads.[11][12][13] Sometimes the heads had elongated points which may have been used to increase the penetration of the spear.[14]

## See also

* Pole weapon
* Pilum
* Spiculum
* Verutum
* Roman military personal equipment

## References

1. ↑ Syvänne 2017.
2. ↑ Pernet 2015, p. 843.
3. ↑ Pollard 2006, p. 226.
4. ↑ Rowlands 2017.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cowan 2013, p. 40.
6. ↑ Sommer 2007.
7. ↑ Gilliver 2007, p. 193.
8. ↑ Goldsworthy 2003, p. 132.
9. ↑ Strobel 2007, p. 227.
10. ↑ Speidel 2007, p. 217-218.
11. ↑ Argüín 2015, p. 984.
12. ↑ Meakin 2001, p. 85.
13. ↑ Rance 2015, p. 7.
14. ↑ Southern 2007, p. 211.

## Bibliography

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* Gilliver, Kate (2007-01-01), Erdkamp, Paul, ed., "The Augustan Reform and the Structure of the Imperial Army" (in en), A Companion to the Roman Army (Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd): pp. 181–200, doi:10.1002/9780470996577.ch12, ISBN 978-0-470-99657-7, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470996577.ch12, retrieved 2022-09-03 .
* Goldsworthy, Adrian (2003). The Complete Roman Army. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 132. ISBN 978-0500288993.
* Rance, Philip (2015-03-04), Le Bohec, Yann, ed. (in en), Infantry: Late Empire, Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 492–556, doi:10.1002/9781118318140.wbra0799, ISBN 978-1-118-31814-0, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118318140.wbra0799, retrieved 2022-09-03 .
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* Strobel, Karl (2007-01-01), Erdkamp, Paul, ed., "Strategy and Army Structure Between Septimius Severus and Constantine the Great" (in en), A Companion to the Roman Army (Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd): pp. 267–285, doi:10.1002/9780470996577.ch16, ISBN 978-0-470-99657-7, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470996577.ch16, retrieved 2022-09-03 .

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