02-20-2013, 08:49 PM
There seems to be a separate tradition of swords in the steppes.
Here a reproduction of a sarmatian sword by my friend Olivier from the Foederati:
![[Image: epeebouclier.jpg]](http://schnucks0.free.fr/SPATHA/epeebouclier.jpg)
Here a reproduction of a 5th century hunnic dagger:
http://schnucks0.free.fr/forum/viewtopic...=12&t=1886
I need to find a few more pictures. Ill do when I'm home.
I thought about those pieces of equipment as Pannonia came early in contact with the Huns.
Here a reproduction of a sarmatian sword by my friend Olivier from the Foederati:
![[Image: epeebouclier.jpg]](http://schnucks0.free.fr/SPATHA/epeebouclier.jpg)
Here a reproduction of a 5th century hunnic dagger:
http://schnucks0.free.fr/forum/viewtopic...=12&t=1886
I need to find a few more pictures. Ill do when I'm home.
I thought about those pieces of equipment as Pannonia came early in contact with the Huns.
"O niurt Ambrois ri Frangc ocus Brethan Letha."
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the Historia Brittonum.
![[Image: 955d308995.jpg]](http://www.ciberupload.com/uploads/955d308995.jpg)
Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the Historia Brittonum.
![[Image: 955d308995.jpg]](http://www.ciberupload.com/uploads/955d308995.jpg)
Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert