10-10-2007, 10:56 PM
Banzai said:-
Oddly enough, the Wikipaedia entry for 'rhomphaia' is an excellent place to start - giving sources and showing examples - if you 'google' the word you'll come up with a number of sites that discuss the weapon and/or show modern reconstructions............
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Quote:Does anyone know of any archaeological remains of a drepanon or rhomphaia? Pictures on reliefs or vases would be most helpful. Also, does anyone know of any detailed reference to these weapons in ancient literature?
Thanks!
Oddly enough, the Wikipaedia entry for 'rhomphaia' is an excellent place to start - giving sources and showing examples - if you 'google' the word you'll come up with a number of sites that discuss the weapon and/or show modern reconstructions............
BTW, it is a forum rule that you include your real name - you can set this up automatically in your profile under signature
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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