The Roman Conquest

[Dux Corvanus]

Heh...since I´m SPANISH, I can assure you that the name of the weapon is "falcata ibera". The Gladius Hispaniensis is a roman modification of the original Iberian Falcata. I´m not talking about the Dacian falcata. Don´t be so sure about things you just don´t know, will you?

Eucarionte, Aymar is Portuguese and as Iberian as you and me. And he's right, and you're wrong.

This is a falcata iberica -a big single-edged sword that can both slash and stab:



This is a gladius hispaniensis, another weapon developed by peninsulars, but rather different -a short straight two-edged stabbing sword. This was adopted by Romans:



BTW: There's nothing bad in being pursued by bulls. Go Pamplona in July or any other city that has encierros in popular festivities, and you'll have the pleasure of being pursued by a dozen of them. The bad thing is actually being caught by them...