Caesarean Sword

[Virilis]

Yes, Jim is quite right! Re-enactors developed a typology which varied between Mainz and Pompeii type gladiuses and it is completely outdated. In fact some Deepeeka gladiuses we used to laugh at (various re-enactment guides telling to "avoid these at all costs") were surprisingly quite accurate in the end! The ideal types (like Pompeii and Mainz gladiuses) are in fact quite rare. In my opinion Christian Miks's "magnum opus" on roman swords clearly shows this.