A Roman soldier may have lost it or it is possible ... of a ritual but may have been bent in a process by which Spanish spatha were tested for quality where they would bend the blade which would ...

A Roman soldier may have lost it or it is possible ... of a ritual but may have been bent in a process by which Spanish spatha were tested for quality where they would bend the blade which would ...

They were shorter than the Roman gladius used by foot soldiers and had features found in spatha, a weapon with long, straight blades. The blade's elevation combined with other qualities made the ...