11-17-2013, 10:27 AM
The Alans became prominent in the Byzantine army in the late Komnenian period. At the Battle of Hyelion and Leimmocheir in 1177 the Seljuq commander was killed by an Alan soldier in the Byzantine army, with his "two-edged sword". This is suggestive that the Alans retained the use of straight broadswords. in the face of increasing use of sabres north of the Caucasus, for some time.
Martin
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