09-07-2017, 03:08 PM
Somewhat of a newb to re-enactment.
I've been reading up on the interpretations of the Feltwell Spatha and I've been getting some conflicting information about who may have used a sword like that. Sometimes I read that it was a "Roman" sword, picked up by the barbarians during the Migration Period, and sometimes I read that it was a sword shape adopted by the Romans from all the barbarian units that they brought into their army.
I am trying to represent a comitatensis or pseudo-comitatensis of the late 4th c. or early 5th century. Can this sword accurately represent the soldier and the time period?
https://www.celticwebmerchant.co.uk/en/f...ry-ad.html
Thanks!
I've been reading up on the interpretations of the Feltwell Spatha and I've been getting some conflicting information about who may have used a sword like that. Sometimes I read that it was a "Roman" sword, picked up by the barbarians during the Migration Period, and sometimes I read that it was a sword shape adopted by the Romans from all the barbarian units that they brought into their army.
I am trying to represent a comitatensis or pseudo-comitatensis of the late 4th c. or early 5th century. Can this sword accurately represent the soldier and the time period?
https://www.celticwebmerchant.co.uk/en/f...ry-ad.html
Thanks!