- •Other titles in the series
- •Index 80
- •Introduction
- •Interpreting the evidence
- •Valencia, 75 bc (overleaf)
- •Into battle
- •Italy (finds in) 8, 8, 11, 12, 20, 22, 23, 37,
- •65, 71, 72 Hilts 14, 19, 48, 50, 69 peen blocks 14, 18, 19
- •Valencia, fighting for (33), 34-35 Varian disaster (ad 9) 15, 44, 49, 67, 70 votive deposits/substitutes 70, 70
- •Xiphos short sword 8-9, 9, 10, 25, 36
Italy (finds in) 8, 8, 11, 12, 20, 22, 23, 37,
67
Bay of Naples swords 43, 75
Herculaneum 31, 47
Pompeii 16, 18, 20, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 31, 43, 54
legionary fortresses (finds in) 12, 14, 16, 17, 27, 28, 40, 51
locket plates 16, 19, 22, 49
Macedonian troops 4, 57, 66 Mainz-type scabbards 12, 14, 16, 46 decoration 5, 15-16, 15, 17, 19, 22, 49 depictions 22, 49 finds 14-15, 15, 45, 48 materials used 12, 14-15 means of suspension 48, 48 ownership markings 27, 44 Mainz-type swords 10, 11, 70, 71, 75
blades 11, 12, 16, 19, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32,
37, 65
combat use 37, 38-39, (40), 40 decoration 17; depictions 40, 49 dimensions/forms 12, 16, 22, 25, 31, 32,
37, 40
features 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 27, 37, 54 finds of 12, 12, 13, 14, 14, 16, 16, 17, 22,
37, 45, 75
Chichester sword 16, 16, 26, 27, 31 Fulham Sword 5, 15, 16, 26, 27, 31, 49,
65, 75
Rheingonheim sword 11, 13, 14, 14, 27, 31,
50, 54
Sword of Tiberius 11, 13, 15, 26, 27, 45,
75
handles 14, 26, 27, 48, 50, 63 rudes (modern-day) 73, 73 scabbard fittings for 46 metallographic analysis 26, 27 Minucius from Padua 11, 12, 18, 46-47, 71
Netherlands (finds in) 14, 16, 27, 47
Palmyrene reliefs (Syria) TP, 71-72 Parthians (the) TP, 60 piling, use of 26, 27 pila (javelin) 56, 57, 58, 62, 67 Pompeii-type scabbards 22, 47 decoration 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 49 depictions 53
finds 18, 20, 20, 21, 22, 23, 63, 75 materials used 22 means of suspension 47-48 Pompeii-type swords 14, 43, 61, 71
blades 18-19, 25, 28, 31, 32, 64, 65, 72 combat use 18, 25, 38-39, (40), 40, 51 depictions 24-25, 40, 53 dimensions/weights 20, 22, 25, 31 features 18, 20, 32, 40 finds 18, 19, 20, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 54, 63, 75, 75 Baena 65
Herculaneum 20, 22, 22, 43, 46, 47, 48 Villa of Mysteries 21 handles 22, 26, 52, 63 longevity 24-25 ownership markings 44 Praetorian Guard 24-25, 69 Punic Wars 9, 10, 56, 55
Republican-era swords 18, 31, 47, 71, 75 ring-pommel short sword 27, 27, 28, 29, 31,
74, 75
riverine deposits 16, 20, 44-45, 45, 48, 75 Roman Army 6
auxiliaries 62, 67-68, 74 cavalry 4, 10, 16, 18, 37, 48, 62, 74, 75 centurions 18, 43, 44, 46, 56, 72 and gladius Hispaniensis 10, 18, 37 infantry 6, 10, 18, 33, 36-37, 62, 67-68 legionaries 4, (33), 34-35, 38-39, (40), 40, 45, 46, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56-57, 58, (58), 59, 60, 66, 74 replica swords 73, 73 Revolt of Florus and Sacrovir (58), 59 Romania (finds in) 40, 41, 42, 42, 57, 61
Scandinavian gladius-like swords 70-1, 71 Scipio Africanus 7, 10, 27, 50 Second Battle of Bedriacum 58, 60 semispatha 6
, 10, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 74, 75 Sertorian legionaries (33), 34-35 sheaths 14, 15, 18, 19, 24, 48, 49, 54 silver/silvering, use of 24, 27, 48 singlesticks (rudis), use of 52, 54, 56 Slovenia (finds in) 10, 11, 12, 14, 27, 27 Spain (finds in) 4, 6, 9, 11, 24, 36 spatha cavalry sword 6, 10, 11, 16, 18, 26, 28, 32, 37, 40, 48, 61, 68, 72, 74, 75 stake (palus) training aid 52, 54, 64, 67 stampings/inscriptions 27, 44, 47 Steppe peoples 28, 40suspension bands/loops/straps 22, 46-47, 71
suspension plates 19
suspension rings 9, 19, 47, 48, 48, 71, 74
Sweden (finds in) 70, 71, 71
Switzerland (finds in) 12, 14, 15, 17, 26, 27,
27, 47, 49
sword acquisition/ownership 44-45 sword belts 20, 46, 47, 53 sword blows: chopping/cutting 52, 54, 56, 57, 61, 62, 64, 65, 74; stabbing 50, 52, 54, 56, 61, 61, 64; thrusting 62 sword handles 63-64, 71
hand grips 14, 19, 25, 46, 63-64, 65, 71
hand guard plates 19, 43, 71
hand guards 9, 14, 19, 22, 26, 27, 28, 54, 61,