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01-22-2015, 08:03 PM
We have no idea what the semispatha really was. Vegetius didn`t perhaps mean those short swords from the third c. AD when he was writing in the 4th c. AD. Mark, the grip, guard and pommel is indeed in a style earlier than third c. AD.
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Strange gladius - by Michal Teodorowicz - 01-22-2015, 10:05 AM
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Strange gladius - by john m roberts - 01-22-2015, 04:11 PM
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Strange gladius - by Pavel AMELIANVS - 01-22-2015, 07:29 PM
Strange gladius - by Virilis - 01-22-2015, 08:03 PM
Strange gladius - by Gaius Varro - 01-23-2015, 01:43 AM
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