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The Romans soldiers had short sword called gladius hispaniensis, a heavy javelin called the pilum (plural pilae) six plumbatae (singular plumbata, derived from plumbum, which means lead) clipped to the back of the shield and a dagger called pugio. Later the spatha, a long sword was used at first by the cavalry and than by the infantry as well.

The Romans also had a crossbow-like catapult (the ballista) and a sling type of catapult, the onager. The ballista was also developed into a hand-held weapon.

The early Roman army was divided into a heavy infantry which had a thrusting spear, the hasta (plural hastae) and a sword which was probably called ensis, and light infantry which used with short javelins called verutum(plural veruta).

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