A sword for a tribune

[Tarbicus]

From Travis' site, a parazonium:

http://astro.temple.edu/~tlclark/lorica ... parazonium



I'm pretty convinced the circular chape here is from a parazonium, the side guttering bent outwards.

http://www.romancoins.info/b-2005-gladius1.JPG

http://www.exploratio.org/image_databas ... P5080c.jpg

Some more info here from Rob Wolters:
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=14652