Throwing Javelins from Horseback

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Creator

GAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS (c. 23-79 C.E.)

Title

Throwing Javelins from Horseback

Coverage

New York

Publisher

Res Bonae

Date

2018

Subject

Lost in antiquity.

Description

Pliny wrote about everything. His Naturalis Historia is the very model of the modern encyclopedia. It is not surprising that he would devote an entire book to this obscure subject: it was a critical skill in his time, and he was, after all, a Roman army commander. He was as brave as his title implies: he died on his ship attempting to rescue a friend and his family from the destruction of Pompeii.

Source

De Iaculatione Equestri