The "Myth" of the "Dacian Falx" as a super weapon

[Dan Howard]

-As well, the existance of a close type of sword at southern Tracians (Getae/Dacians being the northern ones), called Romphaia is another prouve. Romphaia was as well a 2 handed sword and had a similar lenght (or maybe slighty longer) but Falx had a more pronounced curvature, Romphaia having an almost right blade.

I would argue that, unlike the falx, the rhomphia was a blade that was specifically designed for battle. It reminds me of the Scandinavian langsax. If the two are related then the falx is the civilian version (a tool, improvised for battle) and the rhomphia is the military version (a blade specifically designed for combat). It is a far more efficient design.

And we have too that quote from Fronto (in his Principae Historiae) where he said about the horrible wounds made by Dacian curved swords.

This one?
"But when they saw bodies dismembered with the Spanish sword, arms cut off from the shoulder, heads struck off from the trunk, bowels exposed and other horrible wounds, they recognised the style of weapon and the kind of man against whom they had to fight, and a shudder of horror ran through the ranks."

Oh sorry, that was Livy talking about a short straight blade that only needed a short-arsed Roman with one hand to cause those injuries. As has been said time and again, all swords inflict terrible injuries. The falx just does it less efficiently than most others.