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"booster in the form of a leather thong, called an ankyle, that would set the javelin spinning, getting it to fly further." Sounds like they just used it to wr
by tk75x 5y ago
"booster in the form of a leather thong, called an ankyle, that would set the javelin spinning, getting it to fly further."
Sounds like they just used it to wrap around the javelin to give it a spin like you would a spinning top with a string.
- pseudo0 5y agoNeat, that does make more sense actually. Pretty impressive that the spin from a piece of leather would add 58% to the flight distance though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amentum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amentum