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Sidearms - Anonymous - 02-28-2005 Avete,<br> <br> As well as the spear and the sword, did hoplites carry daggers? If so, what did they look like?<br> <br> Valete,<br> <br> -Spatha <p></p><i></i> Re: Sidearms - Matthew Amt - 03-03-2005 Not as far as I know. The sword pretty much WAS the sidearm, and after that short Spartan thingy got popular, it wasn't much more than a dagger anyway.<br> <br> Khaire,<br> <br> Matthew <p></p><i></i> Sword Length - Anonymous - 03-03-2005 Ave!<br> <br> About how long were their swords?<br> <br> Vale,<br> <br> -Spatha <p></p><i></i> Re: Sword Length - Matthew Amt - 03-04-2005 The classic hoplite sword seems to have had a blade about 2 feet long, more or less. There's an example from Italy with a 27-inch blade, though I wouldn't be surprised to see them as short as 20 inches or so. Not a lot of solid information out there...<br> <br> The blade of the Spartan short sword seems to have been in the 12 to 14-inch range, maybe a little more. Up-close and personal, as it were!<br> <br> Matthew <p></p><i></i> |