Falarica, also phalarica, was an ancient Iberian ranged polearm that was sometimes used as an incendiary weapon.
Falarica, also phalarica, was an ancient Iberian ranged polearm that was sometimes used as an incendiary weapon.
==Design== The falarica was a heavy javelin with a long, thin iron head of about in length attached to a wooden shaft of about equal length. The iron head had a narrow sharp tip, which made the falarica an excellent armour-piercing weapon.
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