Thanks ok so he have thought about it.

Dunno. It is hard to reason about. My gut feeling is that close combat sucks so much that you'd really want two chances to throw the javalin versus the random pleb robber you need to arrest. But you can also use them as spear, since sword close also sucks.

Most encounters was maybe sabre rattling contests anyways. Like footballs huligans kicking in the air towards each other.