Byzantine Weapons

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The Byzantine Empire lasted for over a millennium. Byzantium had a extremely varied arsenal of weapons and armour that they used to attack and defend their empire. These weapons ranged from handheld weapons like axes, to siege weapons like siege towers. Byzantine had different handheld weapons that helped them to win various wars. Some of these weapons were swords axes,bows, shields, maces, and swords. These weapons would help to affect casualty ratio to kills. The swords included the 2( sabre which is a single edged curved sharp sword). Another sword was the 5.( spathon which was a double edged sword). The Byzantines also used a two handed broadsword. The Byzantines used axes also. These axes included the double handed Danish axe, and …show more content…

If you didn’t have protective armour you could get shot in the chest with a well placed arrow in the chest that would cut through your skin because it had a lot of force behind it., and be down a soldier instead of them fighting on. Armour would protect people so they wouldn’t get killed. A scutatus would wear a turaric helmet that was composed of one piece, a full mail length lorica, and a sealed cuirass. A mail lorica would protect the chest area down to the torso. A sealed cuirass would also do that but add extra protection. The Vanagarian guard who would protect the emperor during the latter half of the Byzantine empire would have worn leather boots, a mail hauberk which is a protective shirt. It was made of chain and would protect the wearer up to their legs. Since it was made of chain it was pretty light compared to something made of solid iron plates and it did not affect the person who was wearing it’s movement. Also they wore vambraces made of metal stips which protect the arms, and mail aventail which protects the neck area. One of the types of soldiers that relied on armour was the cataphract. It was a group of heavily armoured people on heavily armoured horses 7.(The armour could be made out of scales for both the men on the horse and the horse.The cataphract was a archer. They would fire volleys of arrows down on Byzantine’s enemies from various different locations on the battlefield if it was on land. 7.(They also used lances, swords, and daggers for short ranged

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