- The
spatha was a type of
straight and long sword,
measuring between 0.5 and 1
metre (20 and 40 inches), with a
handle length of
between 18 and 20 centimetres...
- can be
reconstructed as
having referred specifically to the late
Roman spatha in
Common Germanic.
There are a
number of
terms and
epithets which refer...
- the Spartans.
Migration Period swords Spatha: continuation,
evolved into Ring-sword (ring-
spatha, ring-hilt
spatha),
Merovingian period Viking sword or...
- (the
Elizabethan long sword). The
spatha was a double-edged
longsword used by the Romans. The idea for the
spatha came from the
swords of
ancient Celts...
-
third century AD the
heavy Roman infantry replaced the
gladius with the
spatha (already
common among Roman cavalrymen),
relegating the
gladius as a weapon...
-
later Iron Age
sword remained fairly short and
without a crossguard. The
spatha, as it
developed in the Late
Roman army,
became the
predecessor of the European...
-
layers of the
sword while using softer steels in the
centre of the blade. A
spatha could be any
sword (in late Latin), but most
often one of the
longer swords...
- word for a flat
piece of wood or splint, a
diminutive form of the
Latin spatha,
meaning 'broadsword', and
hence can also
refer to a
tongue depressor. The...
- or
spatharioi (singular: Latin: spatharius; Gr****: σπαθάριος,
literally "
spatha-bearer") were a
class of Late
Roman imperial bodyguards in the
court in...
- (In or
before 1167 – 7
March 1226) ("Long Sword",
Latinised to de
Longa Spatha) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman,
primarily remembered for his
command of the...
