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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"roman",<br>"author":"oglestein",<br>"permlink":"the-roman-caltrop",<br>"title":"The Roman Caltrop",<br>"body":"<center>![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmdnEyKD3AbCZCJi1McxmA3ERf95BGbBWDaZ71K9rnF6NH\/image.png)<\/center>\nThe caltrop was used as early as the Battle of Carrhae [in 53BC ( https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=nQDBUgwGae4C&pg=PA21&dq=Makibishi#v=onepage&q=Makibishi&f=false). The main purpose of the weapon during its invention was to stop cavalry advances. It could stop ground troops but the ground troops usually just walked around them. It was much harder for a horse running full speed to stop quickly enough to avoid them.\n\n\n\nCaltrop by [Bullenwachter (https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Bullenw%C3%A4chter)\nFound at [Wikipedia (https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Roman_Caltorp.jpg)\nAvailable [CC by 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en)",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"roman\",<br>\"medeival\",<br>\"caltrop\",<br>\"photo\",<br>\"information\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmdnEyKD3AbCZCJi1McxmA3ERf95BGbBWDaZ71K9rnF6NH\/image.png\" ,<br>\"links\":[\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=nQDBUgwGae4C&pg=PA21&dq=Makibishi#v=onepage&q=Makibishi&f=false\",<br>\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Bullenw%C3%A4chter\",<br>\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Roman_Caltorp.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " |
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