book swords is out

[Conal]

The most interesting - and probably controversial (and to me not totally convincing) -argument in the book is that he believes that ALL swords recently identified as late Republican gladius hispaniensis tpyes are in fact La Tene swords of Roman auxiliaries and that Romans used someting in between the later Mainz type and the Spanish antenna swords at this period.

Thanks for that. Can you point me to the chapter/paragraph in which he states this please ?

Conal

[jho]

It is in the following chapters:

Betrachtungen zum Gladius Hispaniensis (p. 38-50)
* Die Grundlagen (p. 38-39)
* Keltiberische Kurzschwerter mit ungestielten Antennen (p. 39-43)
* Bemerkungen zu möglichen Gladii Hispanienses (p. 43-50)

Ein Fazit zur Schwertbewaffnung in republikanischer Zeit (p. 50-51)

primarily on pp. 43-51.

[Conal]

Thanks Jens

I will spend a bit of time with babelfish

Conal