The Abandonment of the Gladius for the Spatha - Why?

[stevesarak]

I think the gladius to spatha came about as the quality of the soldier changed. Some of you might disagree with this but I feel that Caesar’s men were probably near the last of the great roman foot soldiers, as proven when Caesar defeated Pompey. Caesar’s men were battle hardened from recent wars; Pompey’s men were excellent roman soldier but lacked the current experience. Pompey used excellent tactics but Caesars men held firm and eventually won the day.
Caesars soldiers were raised in the time of the republic, there style and out look of battle required them to get in close and you might say “Brawlâ€