during the 13th and 14th centuries. History The Almogavars came mainly from the mountain regions of Aragon and, to a lesser extent, from Navarre. They were frontiersmen and foot-soldiers who wore no armour, dressed in skins, were shod with brogues (abarcas), and carried the arms similar to those of Roman legionaries: two heavy javelins, or assegai (atzagaia in Catalan); and a short stabbing sword. They were professional soldiers, and served kings, the Roman Catholic Church, nobles, or towns f… (More on Almogavars)