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The Abandonment of the Gladius for the Spatha - Why?
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01-31-2006, 07:59 PM
idem to the spatha... There are no abandonment rather an come back for infantry if we compare with the late républican blades. But to the causes, honnestly I don't know... (just one or two idéa but nothing serious...)
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Re: The Abandonment of the Gladius for the Spatha - Why? - by Paulus Claudius Damianus - 01-31-2006, 07:59 PM
connolly\'s banal theory - by Goffredo - 04-10-2006, 08:44 AM
connolley on shortness - by Goffredo - 04-10-2006, 10:02 AM
how about - by Goffredo - 04-10-2006, 11:24 AM
East & West - by Celer - 07-27-2006, 03:42 PM
of course, unlikely - by Goffredo - 07-29-2006, 06:11 AM

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