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