The name Gaiseric is said to be derived from gais, a javelin, and reiks, a king.
For example ' Who has thrown the javelin the furthest during the Olympics?
They had, besides, the lance, the club, sometimes studded with pebbles, and the javelin, and they seem to have known the shield.
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With regard to the ancient Egyptians, however, we learn that the huntsmen Historic constituted an entire sub-division of the great second Field dresses and furniture were ornamented with similar subjects.2 The game pursued included the lion, the wild ass, the gazelle and the hare, and the implements chiefly employed seem to have been the javelin and the bow.