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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3398	Iberian reenactors: slings vs Roman legionaries Aug 2^nd, 2017 at 3:50pm Here (tennis balls, and also a lady slinger with a baby) https://www.facebook.com/Ibercalafell/videos/1916465261947846/?fref=mentions
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Iberian reenactors: slings vs Roman legionaries Reply #1 - Aug 2^nd, 2017 at 3:53pm It's interesting to see that even though it's only tennis balls they do give a good thump to the shields. It would have been terrifying to face a hoard of slingers with rocks or lead.
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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3398	Re: Iberian reenactors: slings vs Roman legionaries Reply #2 - Aug 3^rd, 2017 at 2:37pm The lady has an accurate but a bit low-energy underhand lob, of the type I've seen on other vids of Spanish meets
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Bill Skinner Forum Moderation Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: Iberian reenactors: slings vs Roman legionaries Reply #3 - Aug 5^th, 2017 at 11:28am A low energy lob that hits beats a powerful throw that misses. I think in real life, the Romans would have charged sooner instead of letting the slingers get in some free shots.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 7998	Re: Iberian reenactors: slings vs Roman legionaries Reply #4 - Aug 5^th, 2017 at 1:14pm Lol...that looks so fun.
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SClasher Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 20 Warsaw, Poland Gender:	Re: Iberian reenactors: slings vs Roman legionaries Reply #5 - Aug 5^th, 2017 at 2:34pm Great find
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