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GLADIUS - Gladius (; Classical Latin: [ladis]) was one Latin word for sword, and is used to represent the primary sword of Ancient Roman foot soldiers. Early a...


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(in ancient Rome) a short sword.
A Roman sword roughly two feet long.
pen, the internal skeleton of squid made of chitin-like material
Gladius description
Gladius (; Classical Latin: [ladis]) was one Latin word for sword, and is used to represent the primary sword of Ancient Roman foot soldiers. Early ancient Roman swords were similar to those of the Greeks, called xiphos. From the 3rd century BC, however, the Romans adopted swords similar to those used by the Celtiberians and others during the early part of the conquest of Hispania. This sword was known as the gladius hispaniensis, or "Hispanic sword".A fully equipped Roman legionary after the reforms of Gaius Marius was armed with a shield (scutum), one or two javelins (pila), a sword (gladius), often a dagger (pugio), and, perhaps in the later empire period, darts (plumbatae). Conventionally, soldiers threw pilae to disable the enemy's shields and disrupt enemy formations before engaging in close combat, for which they drew the gladius. A soldier generally led with the shield and thrust with the sword. All gladius types appear to have been suitable for cutting and chopping as well as

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