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Weapons of the Ancient World

Features May/June 2020

By The Editors

How people of the past developed arms to master the challenges of their time
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The Alexander Mosaic, which was excavated in the House of the Faun in Pompeii, Italy, depicts the Battle of Issos, which pitted Alexander the Great (above, seated on brown horse) against the Persian army commanded by the king Darius III (above right, gesturing toward Alexander).

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    Hunting Equipment

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    (Clockwise from top left: ©South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology/Harald Wisthaler; ©Gault School of Archaeological Research; ©South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology/Harald Wisthaler; ©Peter Pfarr, Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (NLD); ©Christa S. Fuchs, Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (NLD))

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    Shields

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    (Above left: MOLAS; Above right: ©The Trustees of the British Museum/Art Resource, NY)

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    Siege Weapons

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    (Ivo Van der Graaff, Hay Castle Trust)

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    Fire Lances and Cannons

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    (Imaginechina)

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    Bashers

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    (©The Museum of London)

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    Ceremonial and Magic Weapons

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    (Clockwise from top left: Bridgeman Images; Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY; ©The Trustees of the British Museum)

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    Gladiator Weapons

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    (Clockwise from top left: Lanmas/Alamy Stock Photo; ©The Trustees of the British Museum/Art Resource, NY; Pompeii Archaeological Park)

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