Then when they did declare war they had to announce it by ceremonially hurling a spear from Roman territory into the enemy's territory. Of course this became difficult when they declared war on Epirus and would have needed to hurl the spear across the Adriatic Sea.
So instead they built a column to represent the enemy territory that was then pelted with a spear whenever Rome went to war.
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Then when they did declare war they had to announce it by ceremonially hurling a spear from Roman territory into the enemy's territory. Of course this became difficult when they declared war on Epirus and would have needed to hurl the spear across the Adriatic Sea.
So instead they built a column to represent the enemy territory that was then pelted with a spear whenever Rome went to war.