LOT 0406 ROMAN IRON SPATHA SWORD
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Ca. 100-500 AD. Roman. An iron spatha with a long tapering, bevelled blade, and a reconstructed bone hilt with two circular termini, a final spike, and a cylindrical grip with ribbed decoration. Good condition; custom-made stand included. Spathae were long swords measuring between 54 cm and 81 cm in length, and 3 cm to 6 cm in width. The spatha underwent a complex and interesting evolution from an Iron Age longsword used by both Gallic infantry and cavalry, through a time as an exclusively auxiliary cavalry sidearm, until it came to equip all branches of the Roman army, both infantry and cavalry. To find out more about Roman spathae, see Bishop, C. C. (2020). The Spatha: the Roman Longsword. Bloomsbury Publishing. Size: L:792mm / W:65mm ; 775g. Provenance: From the private collection of an Oxford gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed before 2000 on the UK / International art markets.
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