Unleashing the Power of Ancient Weapons The Deadly Secrets of the Sling

peeler was almost always carried as a useful spear or pre-charged javelin Once again soldiers drilled with weighted weaponry to strengthen their muscles and practice accuracy against wooden posts Another weapon which was just as common but rarely gets talked about was the sling Light weight and deadly it was an extremely useful tool which granted heavy infantry greater flexibility in battle Ammunition could literally be picked up off the ground but more commonly would be formed by pouring lead into a simple mould Soldiers seemed to have fun with this by carving crude messages into slingstones with phrases like suck this Octavius or for pumpies ass