11-28-2004, 02:34 PM
It is quite possible that the spatha was a roman development/evolution. It apparently was a cavalry sword and then simply diffused into the infantry as the infantry evolved; i.e. no direct germanic influence.<br>
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Jeffery Wyss
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."