02-26-2013, 01:18 AM
Michael,
It might be an "artist's representation" of a sagaris. Most sagarii were designed like a tomahawk, one side axe-like, the other side being a tapering spike. It had a long handle, at least two feet long, and was extremely deadly from horseback-- a real helmet puncher... right into the brain.
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It might be an "artist's representation" of a sagaris. Most sagarii were designed like a tomahawk, one side axe-like, the other side being a tapering spike. It had a long handle, at least two feet long, and was extremely deadly from horseback-- a real helmet puncher... right into the brain.
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Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb