- boxes, or
other symbols. The
xiphos (Ancient Gr****: ξίφος [ksípʰos];
plural xiphe,
Ancient Gr****: ξίφη [ksípʰɛː]) is a double-edged, one-handed Iron Age straight...
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Early ancient Roman swords were
similar to
those of the Gr****s,
called xiphe (pl., sg.: xiphos). From the 3rd
century BC, however, the
Romans adopted...
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fought with spears,
until every spear was shattered, and then
switched to
xiphē (short swords). In this struggle,
Herodotus states that two of Xerxes' brothers...
