Roman recurve bows

In Rome, archery was not as widespread or significant, they generally had lighter less powerful bows that played more of a supporting role in campaigns. The Roman Empire i. s. In the 4th and 5th centuries, he acquired many bows from the Huns and other nomadic peoples. Thus, the bows that have survived to this day are mainly beautiful pieces of gifts or spoils of war left by hostile or friendly nomadic peoples, these are actually decorative Hun or Hungarian composite bows.