11-18-2013, 12:13 PM
Quote:it is to push it deep into the enemy's vitals! I don't believe that slashing would have been common, or else a legionary must have gone through a sword per battle:unsure:
The sources tell us quite different stories. The "the gladius is mostly a stabbing weapon" is a modern construction.
Christian K.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.