The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring between 0.5 and 1 m (19.7 and 39.4 in), with a handle length of between 18 and 20 cm (7.1 and...
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Migration Period sword (redirect from Ring-spatha)
single term that can be reconstructed as having referred specifically to the spatha in Common Germanic. There are a number of terms and epithets which refer...
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the Spartans. Migration Period swords Spatha: continuation, evolved into Ring-sword (ring-spatha, ring-hilt spatha), Merovingian period Viking sword or...
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Classification of swords (section Spatha)
(the Elizabethan long sword). The spatha was a double-edged longsword used by the Romans. The idea for the spatha came from the swords of ancient Celts...
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Ilias Spathas (Greek: Ηλίας Σπάθας; born 18 February 1980) is a former international referee who refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, beginning...
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third century AD the heavy Roman infantry replaced the gladius with the spatha (already common among Roman cavalrymen), relegating the gladius as a weapon...
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word for a flat piece of wood or splint, a diminutive form of the Latin spatha, meaning 'broadsword', and hence can also refer to a tongue depressor. The...
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or spatharioi (singular: Latin: spatharius; Greek: σπαθάριος, literally "spatha-bearer") were a class of Late Roman imperial bodyguards in the court in...
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later Iron Age sword remained fairly short and without a crossguard. The spatha, as it developed in the Late Roman army, became the predecessor of the European...
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Cosmopterosis spatha is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Maria Alma Solis in 2009. It is found in Costa Rica, where it has been recorded...
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