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  2. Gladius - Wikipedia

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    The Fulham gladius or Mainz-Fulham gladius was a Roman sword that was used after Aulus Plautius' invasion of Britain in 43 AD. [24] The Romans used it until the end of the 1st century. The Fulham gladius has a triangular tip. The length of the blade is 50–55 cm (20–22 in). The length of the sword is 65–70 cm (26–28 in).

  3. Spatha - Wikipedia

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    Roman era reenactor holding a replica late Roman spatha. The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring between 0.5 and 1 metre (20 and 40 inches), with a handle length of between 18 and 20 centimetres (7 and 8 inches), in use in the territory of the Roman Empire during the 1st to 6th centuries AD.

  4. Makhaira - Wikipedia

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    Makhaira entered classical Latin as machaera, "a sword". The dimachaerus was a type of Roman gladiator that fought with two swords. In modern Greek, μαχαίρι means "knife". Modern scholars distinguish the makhaira from the kopis (an ancient term of similar meaning) based on whether the blade is forward curved (kopis), or not (makhaira). [3]

  5. Swordsmanship - Wikipedia

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    The Roman legionaries and other forces of the Roman military, until the 2nd century A.D., used the gladius as a short thrusting sword effectively with the scutum, a type of shield, in battle. According to Vegetius , the Romans mainly used underhanded stabs and thrusts, because one thrust into the gut would kill an enemy faster than slashes or ...

  6. Samnite (gladiator type) - Wikipedia

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    The Samnite's sword arm was protected by an arm guard ; this became a common piece of equipment for most gladiators. [23] The sword was the Samnite's most common weapon (the word gladiator comes from the Latin gladius, "sword"), [1] but some seem to have fought with a lance instead. [4]

  7. ‘Excellently preserved’ cache of Roman swords used 1,900 ...

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    ‘Finding a single sword is rare – so four? We rubbed our eyes to believe it’

  8. Dimachaerus - Wikipedia

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    The dimachaeri (singular: dimachaerus) were a type of Roman gladiator that fought with two swords ().The name is a borrowing into Latin of Ancient Greek διμάχαιρος dimákhairos 'bearing two knives' (δι-di-'two' + μάχαιρα mákhaira 'knife').

  9. Category:Roman swords - Wikipedia

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