List of ancient weapons

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Ancient weapons

Mêlée (excluding polearms)

• Axe
  • Khopesh
  • Masakari
  • Sagaris
  • Tomahawk (also thrown)
  • Nzappa zap (also thrown)
• Cestus
• Club
• Eku
• Flail
• Gun (staff) (not the projectile weapon)
• Knife
  • Dirk
  • Kukri
  • Pugio
• Macuahuitl
• Macana
• Mace
• Mere
• Meteor hammer
• Morning Star
• Nunchaku
• Rope dart
• Sappara
• Sword
  • Acinaces
  • Dao
  • Falcata
  • Gladius
  • Jian
  • Kampilan
  • Katar
  • Kopis
  • Takoba
  • Xiphos
• Surujin

Polearms

• Falx
• Hasta
• Javelin (also ranged)
  • Soliferrum (ditto)
• Lathi (in a sense; it IS a pole)
• Rhomphaia
• Sarissa
• Staff (in same way as Lathi)
• Spear
• Tepoztopilli
• Trident
• quarter staff

Ranged

• Atlatl
• Blowgun
• Bolas
• Bow
• Crossbow
  • Gastraphetes
• Chakram
• Dart
  • Kestros
  • Plumbata
• Hunga Munga
• Knife (thrown)
• Oxybeles
• Sling
• Throwing axe
• Throwing Stick
  • Boomerang
• Toggling Harpoon
• Woomera
• Shuriken

Cavalry

• Scythed chariot

Static

• Caltrops

Siege

A four-wheeled ballista drawn by armored horses, an illustration in a 1552 edition of De Rebus Bellicis (c. 400).

• Ballista
• Battering ram
• Catapult
• Catapulta
• Siege hook
• Siege Tower
• Springald
• Trebuchet

Naval

• • Corvus
  • Greek fire

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