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Akinakes The acinaces, also
transliterated as
akinakes (Gr**** ἀκῑνάκης) or
akinaka (unattested Old
Persian *akīnakah,
Sogdian kynʼk) is a type of dagger...
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soldiers wielding the
kopis or an axe
rather than the straight-bladed
Persian akinakes. It has been
suggested that the yatagan, used in the
Balkans and Anatolia...
- s**** of the
Black Sea
themselves borrowed the use of
Scythian bows and
akīnakēs swords. The
control of
Scyles over the city of Nikōnion
corresponded to...
- Immortals. Finally, the
Immortals would also have a small,
short sword, the
akinakes, as a
backup secondary option. The
Immortals regiment was
followed by a...
- the
Black Sea
region and the
Hungarian plain. They are
similar to the
akinakes used by the
Persians and
other Iranian peoples. The
pommel ring probably...
- with dragons". Tomb II. Men in armor, in Gr****
fighting gear. Tomb III. "
Akinakes"
polylobed decorated daggers. Tomb IV.
Dyonisos and
Ariadne riding a lion...
- East, who had
earlier adopted it in turn from the
Persians (the
sword akinakes). The use of the
Roman parazonium tended to be
somewhat theatrical in the...
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Relief of
akinakes, a type of
ancient dagger, worn by an
Achaemenid guard in ****polis, Iran...
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similar powers. The
Scythian and
Sarmatian "Ares" was
represented by an
akīnakēs sword planted upwards at the top of a tall
square altar made of brushwood...
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Anabasis by Thynians), one- and two-sided axes, bows, knives, spears,
akinakes and long swords.
Thracians shunned armor and
greaves and
fought as light...
