Where\'s the best place to get a 3rd/4th Century Spatha

[Virilis]

I need a good pattern for a 4th-5th c. spatha (mine is 3rd c.). I just can't seem to find a good one or make a choice... :wink:

Me too! In fact it is very difficult to pinpoint a clear representative of a 4th-5th c. spatha. I have not been able to find a good example from Christian Mik`s "opus magnum". One thing is clear, 4th-5th c. blades were longer than usually thought (from 75 to 90cm!). Could it be that the lack of a good representative is after all somehow linked to the "barbarization" of the roman army and this lack is an evidence of the diminishing of uniformity on weapons too?