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Palton

（παλτόν). The lance of the Greek cavalry. (See Arma.) Also a light spear used by the Persian cavalry (Xen. Cyrop. iv. 3, 9; vi. 2, 16).

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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