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I'm assuming that you mean the Roman soldiers. The army issued every man a supply of javelins and the man usually carried 2 or three. They were called "pilum"

in the singular, "pila"

in the plural. He was also issued his gladius

and pugio,

which were sword and knife respectively. His shield or "scutum"

although mainly a defensive item could also be used as an offensive weapon in hand to hand situations. Each

cohort was issued one stone throwing ballista

and each century was issued one metal dart and spear firing "scorpio".

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