Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

[Alanus]

Nicholas,

Gotta write quickly. All the swords that I know of that would fall into "possibly" arriving in sub-Roman Britain would be straight-bladed "Migration era" types, also called the Alanic, Hunnic, and Gothic blade. Considering the blade's historical provenance, it would be "Alanic" as you say. But Celtic blades were also long, just wider. The curved blade you see in Attila the movie appears introduced by the Avars, also known as the Juan-jaun (also Hethalites or White Huns). That blade appears to be similar to the Tang dao ("knife") which descended from the Han dao which replaced the Han jian (aka the forerunner of the Saka-Massagetae-Alanic long sword. That is, if we accept that the long Roman spatha was influenced by the eastern variety. I have one that the maker claims will cut through an entire side of ribs. Incidentally, it's about 40 inches long (100 cm) which was the Alanic sword's length.