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gladius hilts - Gaius Octavius Drusus - 10-31-2005
Avete Fraterii:
Would it be period-correct to have a gladius with an all-ivory hilt (to include the grip, pommel and guard)?
Vale:
Gaius Octavius Drusus
Re: gladius hilts - Matt Lukes - 10-31-2005
Sure- I've seen images of a few of them in musuem collections.
Matt
gladius - TFLAVIUSAMBIORIX - 10-31-2005
sure would,
check this site out
http://www.romanauxilia.com/Exploratio/imagebase.htm
has a few good pics of all ivory bits.
BTW, FRATER is a 3rd declension noun, so the nominative plural is FRATRES
VALE