Timeline for Which arm was the shield held in?
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| Aug 10, 2019 at 22:56 | comment | added | Daniel | Feint is where you pretend to do something but do something else. Faint is where you lose consciousness which you do not want to do in a fight. | |
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| May 20, 2014 at 3:14 | comment | added | code4life | looking at the wall plans of Babylon helps one figure out where the shield would be as well. the steps up the walls were made so as to cause the attackers' shields to face away from the wall, making them vulnerable to the defenders' missile attacks. coincidentally, this also reveals that the predominant shield arm of that era was the left arm. | |
| Dec 4, 2012 at 21:26 | vote | accept | AncientSwordRage | ||
| Oct 2, 2012 at 3:00 | history | edited | choster | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 11, 2012 at 11:47 | comment | added | gothwalk | Further, you really need to use your dominant hand for the weapon. Trying to hit hard enough to do damage or kill with the off hand is quite hard - you can hit almost equally with your fist, but you run into dexterity and aim issues very quickly with any weapon. Plenty of fighting styles used no shield at all. | |
| Sep 7, 2012 at 1:00 | history | answered | choster | CC BY-SA 3.0 |