I was browsing my old set of Encyclopedias (
The World Book Encyclopedia, 1949), and I looked up slings, just for kicks.
It actually had a short article, quoted the Bible and reffered to slingshots and bolas. What caught my eye, however, was this sketch:
It was accompanied by a scetch of a kid with a slingshot and some fellows on horses with bolas, but anyways...
What do you think of his style? Is that a decent representation of a roman slinger, or just an uneducated generalization?