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Sun 30 Aug, 2020 6:23 am

Sources on the gladius?

Friends,
I’m looking for recommendations for online and printed sources on the Roman gladius. I know of Matthew Amt’s Legio XX site. What else is out there that I should look at? Thanks!

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Jonathan Fletcher

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Sun 30 Aug, 2020 7:45 am

Would recommend Roman Military Equipment from the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome by Mike Bishop & Jon Clouston.
I have just ordered The Gladius: The Roman Short Sword by Mike Bishop earlier today by coincidence.

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Mark Millman

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Sun 30 Aug, 2020 12:57 pm

Dear Chad,

You might consider joining Roman Army Talk, which has heaps of information.

I hope this proves helpful.

Best,

Mark

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Stephen Curtin

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Posts: 1,220 Location: Cork, Ireland

Mon 31 Aug, 2020 3:46 am

Try "Rome and the Sword" by Simon James. I haven't looked at my copy in a long time but I remember it being pretty good.

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Paul Hansen

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Posts: 845 Location: The Netherlands

Wed 02 Sep, 2020 12:19 am

Jonathan Fletcher wrote:

I have "Roman Military Equipment" but while it is a good book and I do recommend it, it's information about the Gladius specifically is rather limited. Which makes sense because the book is about all possible military equipment used by the Romans and over a much longer period than just when the Gladius was popular.

Looking forward to hearing what you think about "The Gladius: The Roman Short Sword". Although at it's price it's probably worth picking up anyway.

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