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... 15 KB (1,821 words) - 04:46, 13 March 2024 |
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... 17 KB (2,181 words) - 15:39, 17 January 2024 |
the Spartans. Migration Period swords Spatha: continuation, evolved into Ring-sword (ring-spatha, ring-hilt spatha), Merovingian period Viking sword or... 9 KB (822 words) - 22:06, 9 April 2024 |
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... 37 KB (4,085 words) - 16:15, 3 April 2024 |
Ilias Spathas (Greek: Ηλίας Σπάθας; born 18 February 1980) is a former international referee who refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, beginning... 2 KB (87 words) - 16:38, 28 November 2023 |
third century AD the heavy Roman infantry replaced the gladius with the spatha (already common among Roman cavalrymen), relegating the gladius as a weapon... 25 KB (2,926 words) - 15:22, 7 April 2024 |
appearances, he returned to Greece and re-joined Asteras Chalepas, before joining Spatha Kolymvariou and then in February 2019 he joined Charaviakos. In the 2019-20... 6 KB (210 words) - 17:32, 4 April 2024 |
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... 2 KB (185 words) - 07:43, 11 May 2024 |
Roman military personal equipment (section Spatha) layers of the sword while using softer steels in the centre of the blade. A spatha could be any sword (in late Latin), but most often one of the longer swords... 40 KB (5,536 words) - 17:54, 7 March 2024 |
Yannis Spathas (30 November 1950 – 6 July 2019) was a Greek guitarist, founding member of the rock band Socrates Drank the Conium (or simply Socrates)... 2 KB (168 words) - 21:49, 24 September 2022 |
or spatharioi (singular: Latin: spatharius; Greek: σπαθάριος, literally "spatha-bearer") were a class of Late Roman imperial bodyguards in the court in... 4 KB (530 words) - 00:11, 12 July 2023 |
length of up to 65 cm (25.6 inches), making it almost equal in size to the spatha. Later examples of the kopis from Macedonia tended to be shorter with a... 5 KB (652 words) - 22:00, 21 March 2024 |
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... 5 KB (619 words) - 12:01, 11 October 2023 |
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... 80 KB (9,633 words) - 16:25, 13 May 2024 |
Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (redirect from Milites Ordinis Militaris S. Jacobi de la Spatha) The Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (Portuguese: Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada) is a Portuguese order of chivalry. Its full name is the... 27 KB (3,341 words) - 23:29, 30 September 2023 |
fought with a tall, rectangular shield and the gladius, but the use of the spatha is also attested. They were paired only against other provocatores. The... 25 KB (3,182 words) - 14:17, 22 April 2024 |
Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period Migration Period sword Viking... 18 KB (2,063 words) - 02:38, 23 April 2024 |
60 to 70 cm (24 to 28 in). The late Roman Empire introduced the longer spatha (the term for its wielder, spatharius, became a court rank in Constantinople)... 11 KB (1,456 words) - 00:51, 20 January 2024 |
(In or before 1167 – 7 March 1226) ("Long Sword", Latinised to de Longa Spatha) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, primarily remembered for his command of the... 13 KB (1,362 words) - 10:05, 18 April 2024 |
and pharmacy, is their shared ancestor. Spatula is a diminutive of Latin spatha, a broad, flat tool or weapon, which in turn is from Ancient Greek σπαθη... 4 KB (420 words) - 12:06, 2 April 2024 |
Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period Migration Period sword Viking... 26 KB (3,156 words) - 22:07, 24 March 2024 |
Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period Migration Period sword Viking... 16 KB (1,799 words) - 10:41, 22 March 2024 |
Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period Migration Period sword Viking... 11 KB (1,015 words) - 20:41, 20 March 2024 |