• 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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    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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    (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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  • 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...
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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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    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...
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  • 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)...
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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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    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...
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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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  • 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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    innovation or loaned. Closely related is Greek σπάθη : spáthē, whence Latin spatha. Spades are made in many shapes and sizes, for a variety of different functions...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period Migration Period sword Viking...
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  • 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)...
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    (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...
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  • 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...
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    adopted into the army. Their arms included a lance (lancea), a long sword (spatha), and a short throwing spear. Historians such as Philip Sidnell argue that...
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    Hydnostachyon, which he described as having a concave (spoon-like) spathe Spatha foliacea persistens cochleariformis, from which he formed the species epithet...
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    slashing and cuts. Gladiators used a shorter gladius than the military. The spatha was a longer double-edged sword initially used only by Celtic soldiers,...
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    Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period Migration Period sword Viking...
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    procedure was for the officer to exchange his parazonium for a gladius or a spatha if he was directly threatened during a battle. Flag and seal of Virginia...
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    Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period Migration Period sword Viking...
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    due to counterattacks. The French word épée ultimately derives from Latin spatha. The term was introduced into English in the 1880s for the sportive fencing...
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    the wielder's hand. The earliest forms were the crossguard variant of the Spatha used by the Huns, the so-called Pontic swords. [citation needed] There are...
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    Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period Migration Period sword Viking...
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