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Unlike the pilum, verutum and lancea, the hasta was not thrown, but used for thrusting. It was about 2.4 metres (8 feet) in length, with a shaft generally made from ash, while the head was of iron. Hasta also referred to a spear that was a gymnastic weapon. [1] [2] The hasta prapilata was a spear with its point either covered by a ball or ...
Acronicta hasta Guenée, 1852 – speared dagger moth; Acronicta hastulifera J.E. Smith, 1797 – frosted dagger moth; Acronicta heitzmani Covell & Metzler, 1992 – Heitzman's dagger moth; Acronicta hercules Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874; Acronicta immodica Schmidt & Anweiler, 2020 - medium dagger moth; Acronicta impleta Walker, 1856 – yellow ...
Acronicta hasta, the forked dagger moth, speared dagger moth, cherry dagger moth or dart dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America in the eastern deciduous woodlands, ranging west across southern Saskatchewan and Alberta into central southern British ...
Acronicta strigosa, the marsh dagger, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed through most of Europe , east to the Caucasus , northern China , Korea and Japan . Technical description and variation
Hastati (sg.: hastatus) were a class of infantry employed in the armies of the early Roman Republic, who originally fought as spearmen and later as swordsmen.These soldiers were the staple unit after Rome threw off Etruscan rule.
The hasta was a thrusting weapon that was not thrown as were the later pilum, verutum and lancea. A hasta pura was a spear made "without iron" [3] [4] [5] and was in the earliest times the reward of a soldier the first time that he conquered in battle. [6] Later it came to be awarded to a soldier who had struck down an enemy in a sally or ...
The Romans regarded the sica as a distinctive Illyrian weapon. The principal melee weapon of the Illyrians was the Sica. [6] According to historian John Wilkes: [7] Although a short curved sword was used by several peoples around the Mediterranean the Romans regarded the sica as a distinct Illyrian weapon used by the stealthy 'assassin' (sicarius)
Acronicta cuspis, the large dagger, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.It is distributed through most of Europe, Northern Africa (), the European part of Russia, the Caucasus, the Russian Far East (Primorye, southern Khabarovsk, southern Amur region), southern Siberia, Transcaucasia, central Asia, China, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) and the Korean Peninsula.