31\" ROMAN GLADIUS SWORD FREE DISPLAY STAND AND PUGIO DAGGER INCLUDED
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31\" ROMAN GLADIUS SWORD FREE DISPLAY STAND AND PUGIO DAGGER INCLUDED:
$99.99
Get a FREE Roman pugio style dagger as well as a display stand when you buy this superb gladius.The pugio even resembles a mini gladius.Gladius 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. From the 3rd century BC, 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 javelins 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 thrusting.Here are the features for this awesome replica!31\" OVERALLPEWTER HANDLEDECORATIVE SCABBARDSTANDThe pugio was a dagger used by Roman soldiers as a sidearm. It seems likely that the pugio was intended as an auxiliary weapon, but its exact purpose to the soldier remains unknown. Attempts to identify it as a utility knife are misguided as the form of the pugio is not suited to this purpose and in any case utility knives of a variety of sizes are common finds on Roman military sites. Officials of the empire took to wearing ornate daggers in the performance of their offices, and some would wear concealed daggers as a defense against contingencies. The dagger was a common weapon of assassination and suicide; for example, the conspirators who stabbed Julius Caesar used pugiones.This FREE pugio is 16\" long with a stainless steel blade and hard scabbard.Priority Shipping is only 9.99 to any where in the USA! Overseas shipment is via USPS Priority International and is calculated by weight and location!
31\" ROMAN GLADIUS SWORD FREE DISPLAY STAND AND PUGIO DAGGER INCLUDED:
$99.99