The Abandonment of the Gladius for the Spatha - Why?

[petrinus]

alright, i can find a reference to the muramachi period, a time of decline well after the kamakura period"the golden age of sword craft" when katanas were mass produced for "export" 200,000 alone to the ming dynasty so utility and capitalism cut the throat of the craft and it never saw a return because soon after the ashikage shoganate, the tokugawa ushered in a 250 year reign of essentially peace and prosperity, not that certain schools and smiths didnt perfect their arts in this time but mass quality production was done and over with, hell most samurai had their blades, or a long period of peace to commission one from any number of artisans and master craftsman, soon after this the age of blackpowder brought with it the demise of bujutsu. sword craft, of the "katana" (daito) didnt start until 700-900 AD, most say 6th century, you know how scholars are?! :lol: , so i dont think many gladius thrusting romans were running around and the term samurai if i remember my lessons was derived from saburu and used officially in 1100 ad? id have to look, any way good point and thanks for prompting my research, i'll be sure to caveat that protion of history when i discuss this ever in the future

now onto the spatha, would my legion the II adiutrix pia fidelis have been using more gladius or spatha while fighting in moesia 86 ad?