10-20-2008, 08:11 AM
Quote: About one of the things i write here i just read in some military history book,
About "akinakes" swords, well, is in that book too, and i will try to present something from the net too.
The article is only in romanian, unfortunately
What is the name of the book and article?
Quote: About sica ( which i dont see to come from german "saex", why you said that realy dont know ? ), and how was used, well, many swords was short,
I didn't saw that the fighting knife (in Romanian "cutite de lupta") was the sica. In Dacian archaeology there is a weapon called "battle knife" or "fighting knife". It is LIKE a saex. It is not derived from it. I didn't say it was, only that it is LIKE saex. Read all of this forum discussion because at the beginning of the discussion there is mentioned one and there are some puctures. This is the weapon that I mention. At 60cm it is LIKE a sword but it is CALLED a knife. Ask any Dacian archaeologist and they will know what it refers to. If you say "cutite de lupta" they will know you mean that weapon and not a sica. They always call a sica a "sica".
Also, sica is crescent shaped and decorated. Falx is usually a hooked ended shape and not decorated. The biggest sica is maybe 40cm and smallest falx is about 60cm. What intermediary examples to you know about?
You should read the more recent articles of Ferencz and Dima (from the last 10 years). They will give you more information on Dacians. Not books by Iorga written 100 years ago. Nor stuff written in the communist era. There is too much out dated info and biased "facts".
Ioan Berbescu
