Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Gorget
Also called a collar. Close-fitting plate protecting the neck, throat, and upper chest.
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- Pommel nut
- Also pommel bolt or tang nut. Capstan rivet sometimes included in pommels.
- Falcata
- Forward-curving single-edged sword.
- Gladius
- The Legions patterned their short swords after those of the Spanish Celts. The historian, Polybius, says they were introduced into the army during…
- Veruta
- Throwing javelin of the late empire.
