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"pelta" edit
A Pelta was a specific, leather-faced shield with crescent shape, famous throught eh peltasts. The general term for "shield" was "aspis". It would be quite unimpressive if the engine's projectile could merely penetrate a pelta, sicne such shields were weak compared to a bronze-faced Aspis of a classical Hoplite. Lastdingo (talk) 02:09, 25 September 2015 (UTC)