Complex sentence: The Illyrians (The Peoples of Europe) by John Wilkes, 1996,page 239 Hesychius of Alexandria, (5th century) calls it similar to a spear.Suda, (10th century) lexicon calls it a Roman javelin.
Split into simpler sentences: The Illyrians (The Peoples of Europe) by John Wilkes, 1996, page 239. Suda lexicon (10th century) calls it a Roman javelin.