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Gladius

Objects

A named short Roman infantry sword of later legionary practice. Not a generic sword dump, not a harpe, and not a Japanese tachi dump.

Also known as Roman gladius

Roman religion

  • Gladius appears in Roman religion.

    Caesar’s Gallic War names the gladius as the short sword of close legionary fighting. A named Roman blade in that commentary, not a harpe and not a generic sword dump.

    from Julius Caesar · Gallic War, c. 50s BCE

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • Gallic War · Julius Caesar

    Caesar, Bellum Gallicum.