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- From: powels@rpi.EDU ("Sean C. Powell")
- Subject: Re: Sharp, two-edged Swords: Roman period
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:03:28 GMT
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- According to Flavius Vegetius Renatus H, Roman soldiers ALL used
- double edged short swords (hence they couldn't have been that expensive
- (supposition here)) but soldier were taught to thrust with their swords
- rather than slash. Paraphrasing: Roman soldier laugh at their enemys who
- swing their swords as swinging leaves them open to attack and nothing but
- the strongest cuts will penitrate armor while even a moderate thrust by
- a roman legionare will pierce all but the strongest armor. or something
- to that efect.
- I would suggest reading "Military Institutions of the Romans"
- by Vegetius Renatus, Flavius translated from latin by Lieutenant John
- Clark (marines) edited by Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Phillips.
- published: Harrisburg, Pa., The Military Service Publishing Company,
- (1944-)
- Sean Powell
- Disclamer: disclamers waste processing time as well as memory space.
- neither of which I pay for :)
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