01-21-2015, 12:29 PM
Thanks, never seen this before. Btw, just found this from an italian site about roman gear (check below). The first roman(?) sword with a medieval-like extended metal guard. The scabbard chape indicates it is from the third c. AD. Have they combined two different sword finds or is this perhaps a later byzantine sword?:
http://www.roma-victrix.com/armamentariu...hae14b.jpg
http://www.roma-victrix.com/armamentariu...hae14b.jpg