Parazonium

[Matthew Amt]

Huh, that's interesting, do you have an ancient source which says that it's Greek? I always thought it was an old traditional Roman weapon, though even a very early Italian item could be heavily Greek-influenced. I have seen a couple interesting swords on antiquities dealer sites that are said to be parazonia, generally with an eagle-head pommel. But I don't know if they really are, or if they might have been from a sculpture, or complete fakes (even old fakes).

Where's Travis? He'll know more, and I know he has some images on his site.

Vale,

Matthew