Note 13 — Chapter the First

On the other hand, the scythes used by other nations may well have been on the wheels. Livy describes those used by Antiochus (currus falcatus): “Round the pole were sharp-pointed spears which extended from the yoke of the two outside horses about fifteen feet; with these they pierced everything in their way. On the end of the yoke were two scythes, one being placed horizontally, the other towards the ground. The first cut everything from the sides, the others catching those prostrate on the ground or trying to crawl under. The long spears (cuspides) were not on the yoke, as some say.”