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FutureFox wrote: Recneps wrote: I'm fairly certain that flails were invented later on in the middle ages, as armour technology improved.. People no longer needed to be able to use their weapon in more than basic defensive styles, and they also needed better offensive weaponry to be effective. Article from wikipedia:

a type of military flail known as a  kisten, with a non-spiked head and a leather, rather than chain, connection to the haft is attested in the 10th century in the territories of the Rus , probably being adopted from the either the Avars  or  Khazars . This weapon had spread into central and eastern Europe in the 11th - 13th centuries and may be considered an ancestor of the ball-and-chain flail

sooo.... It kinda existed then.... This is a similair, 'attested' weapon. That does not mean it was used widely in war or had no ceremonial / practical uses.