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Pilum. The pilum (Latin: [ˈpiːɫʊ̃]; pl.: pila) was a javelin commonly used by the Roman army in ancient times. It was generally about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long overall, consisting of an iron shank about 7 mm (0.28 in) in diameter and 600 mm (24 in) long with a pyramidal head, attached to a wooden shaft by either a socket or a flat tang.
Facade of the parish church. Ghemme is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located on the river Sesia about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Turin and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Novara.
A typical throwing pilum has a weight of 1kg to 1.5kg, heavier pilum as mentioned in the javeline article "Pictorial evidence suggests that some versions of the weapon were weighted with a lead ball at the base of the shank " where usually training weapons or the "lead ball" is not a ball but a crest with some insignia, e.g. on a guards pilum.
2-digit postcode areas Italy (defined through the first two postcode digits) Codice di avviamento postale (Italian for 'Postal Routing Code'; CAP) is the Italian post code numeric system, created in 1967.
Researchers announced Tuesday that the discovery of infant remains in Italy’s northwestern Liguria region represent the oldest documented burial of an infant female in European archaeology.
There is evidence of settlement in the region since the Paleolithic era. The name Grottaglie derives from the Latin Cryptae Aliae, meaning "many ravines".The ancestral part of the town was one of the citadels in the area, referred to in Medieval documents as Casale Cryptalerum, founded by locals sheltering in the caves of the ravines due to coastal Saracen raids.
An Italian researcher says the first UFO crashed in Italy in 1933—and has the evidence. Secret documents suggest a suspicious cover-up.
Stilt houses, found during the construction of the canal and dating to the 2nd millennium BCE. It has been supposed that Pompeii was founded by the inhabitants of this prehistoric village before the 6th century BC. Church of SS. Rosario del Flocco (mid-18th century)