yes.. they got it down to a science. What the romans did was make the Pila armor piercing, by adding a lead weight behind the joint block on the heavy pilum to increase range and impact force.
The Iberians were better at it than the romans, have you folks seen the soliferum?
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The lorica segmentata could be credited to them, though only because it looks original enough that the similarities with the clibanarius/kataphraktoi become more subtle.
There's no doubt as to the true source of inspiration.
Oh, the corvus was a Roman invention if I'm not entirely mistaken.
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