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Specialized arrowheads for carrying incendiary material, Roman Empire, 1st-2nd century AD? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] _lilith@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

idk if its historically accurate but if you can forge weld in a coal forge those are definitely possible

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Interestingly enough, forge welding was widely used in the ancient world, and the Roman Empire, in particular. There's a neat graph about Roman blade forging from the same book I got this artifact from; unfortunately, it's a bit low-res, so I ended up deciding not to upload it as a post. But it feels too relevant to not post in this reply!