约公元前 46 年，尤利乌斯·凯撒与庞培之战中发现的罗马铅弹
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这颗杏仁形的铅弹由两部分模具铸造而成，来自公元前 46 年的蒙达战役，在该战役中，尤里乌斯·凯撒击败了庞培大帝。
背景：据已故罗马作家维加提乌斯称，罗马共和派投石手的准确射程可达六百英尺，最好的投石弹是用铅铸造的。对于给定的质量，铅密度非常高，因此体积最小，空气阻力也最小。此外，铅投石弹体积小，飞行时难以发现。在某些情况下，铅会铸在一个简单的开放式模具中，用手指、拇指或尖棍插入沙子，然后将熔化的金属倒入孔中。铅冷却后，将平顶端雕刻成匹配点。更常见的是，它们是用两部分模具铸造的。
弹弓子弹有各种形状，包括与橡子非常相似的椭圆形；这可能是铅弹弓子弹的拉丁语单词的来源： glandes plumbeae （字面意思是铅橡子）或简单的glandes （意思是橡子，单数为头）。迄今为止最常见的形状是双圆锥形，例如此例，类似于杏仁或美式足球的形状。杏仁形为何受到青睐尚不清楚。可能有一些空气动力学优势，但似乎还有一个更平淡无奇的原因，例如这种形状易于从模具中取出，或者它可以放在弹弓支架中而几乎不会滚出。有时，符号或文字被模制在侧面。雷电、蛇、蝎子或其他表示它可能在没有警告的情况下袭击的符号很受欢迎。文字可能包括军事单位或指挥官的名称，或者有时更加富有想象力，例如“拿着这个”，“哎哟”，“抓住”，甚至“为了庞培的背后”。
尺寸：长度：2 英寸（5 厘米）
状况：完好，整体状况非常好。
来源：亚历克斯·马洛伊（Alex Malloy）私人收藏，购于 20 世纪 80 年代。
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