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The Abandonment of the Gladius for the Spatha - Why?
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04-12-2006, 07:29 PM
Coincidently, it sounds like these soldiers were looking more and more like what a well-equipped Gaul would have, before the advent of JC.
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connolly\'s banal theory - by Goffredo - 04-10-2006, 08:44 AM
connolley on shortness - by Goffredo - 04-10-2006, 10:02 AM
how about - by Goffredo - 04-10-2006, 11:24 AM
Re: The Abandonment of the Gladius for the Spatha - Why? - by Felix - 04-12-2006, 07:29 PM
East & West - by Celer - 07-27-2006, 03:42 PM
of course, unlikely - by Goffredo - 07-29-2006, 06:11 AM

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