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Summary Of: SpathaThe predecessor of the spatha is the 3rd century BC... the spatha was used in gladiator fights and in war... The spatha of literature appears in the... The spatha apparently simply replaced the gladius in the front ranks... Archaeologically many instances of the spatha have been found in Britain and Germany... The spatha remained popular throughout the... Originally the spatha was worn by... the spatha is around 3... the spatha was worn on the left due to the increased length... the spatha was adopted by many if not most legionaries... Spatha was certainly not a Germanic name... They were in the form of the spatha and therefore have been classified as... the Spatha had a place within the... The transition from the Viking age spatha to the High Medieval... vocabulary and shows a picture of a Nydam spatha but does not connect it to a specific name...Encyclodia Page On: Spatha |
