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An ancient Roman iron spatha sword blade with a long parallel edged blade tapering to a rounded point.
Ca. 3rd – 4th century AD.
By the 3rd century AD, the Roman gladius sword had been replaced with the considerably longer and more slender spatha type sword. The spatha was a slashing sword that could be employed by both mounted and infantry troops. It was worn suspended from a baldaric on the left side.
cf.: Bishop & Coulston, Roman Military Equipment from the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, (Oxford, 2006), pp. 154-155.
Formerly in the J. S. collection, Pennsylvania.
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