This article is about the Anglo-Saxon weapon. For the Spanish municipality, see Angón.
Reenactor with angon
The angon (Medieval Greek ἄγγων, Old High German ango, Old English anga "hook, point, spike") was a type of javelin used during the Early Middle Ages by the Anglo-Saxons, Franks, Goths, and other Germanic peoples.[1] It was similar to, and probably derived from, the pilum used by the Roman army and had a barbed head and long narrow socket or shank made of iron mounted on a wooden haft.[1][2][3]
It was rare on the battlefield,[4] despite the claim by the Greek historian Agathias,[5] being found mostly in the grave goods of the wealthy.[4] The Fragmentary Chronicle of Saragossa credits an ango with killing King Amalaric of the Visigoths.[4] By the 7th century it had ceased to be used.[4] It also went out of fashion, together with other forms of throwing spears and javelins, in Francia, by the early 7th century.[6]
They are found in abundance in war graves in Illerup-Ådal, Denmark. They are also quite common in Norwegian graves from the Migration Era. In Finland, a local version of the weapon was popular during the Early Middle Ages.[7]
Although not very frequent in the Baltic countries, examples have also been found at various sites in Estonia, including burial sites at Sõrve and Hinniala.[8]
^ abHalsall, Guy (2003). Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, 450-900. London: Routledge. p. 164. ISBN 0-415-23939-7.
^Blair, Claude; Tarassuk, Leonid, eds. (1982). The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms and Weapons. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 19–20. ISBN 0-671-42257-X.
^Underwood, Richard (1999). Anglo-Saxon Weapons and Warfare. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 0-7524-1910-2.
^ abcdHalsall, p. 165.
^Histories 5.2.4–8.
^Harrington, Sue. The Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of Southern Britain AD 450-650: Beneath the Tribal Hidage. Oxbow Books (June 4, 2014). p. 201
^Georg Haggren; Petri Halinen; Mika Lavento; Sami Raninen; Anna Wessman (2015). Muinaisuutemme jäljet. Helsinki. pp. 268–269. ISBN 978-952-495-363-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Tvauri, Andres (2012). The Migration Period, Pre-Viking Age, and Viking Age in Estonia. Tartu University Press. pp. 192-193. ISBN 978-9949-19-936-5.
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