06-12-2009, 09:34 AM
Looking in the books of Miks he has a chapter in the Typology section about de difference between a Gladius-blade or a Dagger-blade.
IV.3.4. Gladius- UND/ODER DOLCHKLINGEN
IV.3.4.a Dolche bis Kurzschwerter vom "triangularen"-Typ
IV.3.4.b Dolche bis Kurzschwerter in "schwertanhlicher"-Typ
Page 75 of the Text part.
In The catalog part Plate-47,Plate-48, Plate-52, Plate-53, etc.
There are drawings of smaller versions of a Gladius and,or Spatha.
They look the same as a Gladius or Spatha but have a blade length of 32,38,37 cm etc.
Most have a double edge but some have a single edge.
This could be the shorter versions as being referred to as a Semi-Spatha.
These look like a Gladius or Spatha but the shortest blades have almost the same lenght as the longest Pugio blade.
That is why the question is: is it a Gladius or a Dagger.
Could a semi-spatha be a shorter version of a "normal" spatha.
I think yes.
How it looked like and what its dimensions were??????????
It also could be a single edged blade with a length of about 30 to 40 cm.
If I'm correct Vegetius wrights about the armament of the Byzantines.
So in the Western Roman empire the shorter version, with a single edge, could be called a Saex.
What would be the name then for a short double edged blade: Semi-Gladius ?
Did Vegetius use Western or Byzantine terminology?
If you read Late Medieval "Fechtbucher' like the Royal Armouries Ms. I.33 a double edged sword is still being called a Gladius.
IV.3.4. Gladius- UND/ODER DOLCHKLINGEN
IV.3.4.a Dolche bis Kurzschwerter vom "triangularen"-Typ
IV.3.4.b Dolche bis Kurzschwerter in "schwertanhlicher"-Typ
Page 75 of the Text part.
In The catalog part Plate-47,Plate-48, Plate-52, Plate-53, etc.
There are drawings of smaller versions of a Gladius and,or Spatha.
They look the same as a Gladius or Spatha but have a blade length of 32,38,37 cm etc.
Most have a double edge but some have a single edge.
This could be the shorter versions as being referred to as a Semi-Spatha.
These look like a Gladius or Spatha but the shortest blades have almost the same lenght as the longest Pugio blade.
That is why the question is: is it a Gladius or a Dagger.
Could a semi-spatha be a shorter version of a "normal" spatha.
I think yes.
How it looked like and what its dimensions were??????????
It also could be a single edged blade with a length of about 30 to 40 cm.
If I'm correct Vegetius wrights about the armament of the Byzantines.
So in the Western Roman empire the shorter version, with a single edge, could be called a Saex.
What would be the name then for a short double edged blade: Semi-Gladius ?
Did Vegetius use Western or Byzantine terminology?
If you read Late Medieval "Fechtbucher' like the Royal Armouries Ms. I.33 a double edged sword is still being called a Gladius.
Regards
Garrelt
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Living History Group Teuxandrii
Taberna Germanica
Numerus I Exploratores Teuxandrii (Pedites et Equites)
Ludus Gladiatorii Gunsula
Jomsborg Elag Hrafntrae
Garrelt
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Living History Group Teuxandrii
Taberna Germanica
Numerus I Exploratores Teuxandrii (Pedites et Equites)
Ludus Gladiatorii Gunsula
Jomsborg Elag Hrafntrae