Doug Crowell
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12-19-2015, 01:56 AM
Hello Folks,
Please forgive me if this question has been asked and answered already.
A certain replica of what is called a "Gladiator's Sword of Pompeii" has gained some media attention lately.
I would like to know if an original of this sword/Gladius is known to exist, and what its background is.
I am hoping your knowledge and expertise can enlighten me. Thank you in advance.
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Not Roman. Probably made a couple of years ago in China.
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I think this has been covered extensively (and with some mirth) on various media sites about the web. For example:
http://www.andywhiteanthropology.com/blo...ther-sword
http://www.ebay.it/itm/PARTICOLARE-SCULT...1746768453
Francis Hagan
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I believe it is associated with a "History" channel person named Pulitzer who was making outrageous claims about this being found on Oak Island in the US, rewriting history. And other nonsense. Charlatan.
Richard Campbell
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Somewhere on Facebook, perhaps on RAT, I gave the totally authentic history of how these "Roman" swords reached North America, carried by a Lost Tribe of Roxolani who took a wrong turn on the River Ister and reached Maine... where an entire collection of these swords is now on display at the Boothbay Harbor Roman Sword Museum.
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Well I think some poor dodgy artifact copier is genuinely selling these as genuine fakes .-)
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