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Update on the Spatha and Gladius fighting techniques!
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I highly respect Roland and his work on the I.33. Search Dimicator on Facebook if you are interested in his recent work. If I remember correctly he wrote that these techniques would not work with a domed shield as well as shown here.
Concerning Iconography you have to be careful to interpret the circumstances of a scene.
There are a lot of raised shield poses in Gladiator Iconography, most of which are a gesture of victory outside of a combat situation.
Olaf Küppers - Histotainment, Event und Promotion - Germany
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techniques - by VaniRage - 09-17-2006, 05:54 AM
Re: techniques - by GNAEVS PETRONIVS CANINVS - 09-22-2006, 02:59 AM
fashion traditions, however - by Goffredo - 10-04-2006, 11:39 AM
Limits of the gladius. - by Gregg - 10-05-2006, 02:23 AM
Update on the Spatha and Gladius fighting techniques! - by Olaf - 09-05-2013, 05:04 PM

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