Caesarean Sword

[Virilis]

I figure that, whatever your gladius looks like, eventually somebody will find one that looks like it. That's why I stick with my old Del Tin Pompeii, despite that little triangular "ricasso" area. I figure that someday somebody will dig up one with that feature and mine will become authentic ex post facto (which is a good Latin term).

John, in fact there is one sword in Miks's book which has a slight ricasso if I remember correctly .