A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 114
The classical name was machaira.Xenophon recommends it asa cavalry weapon, becauseof its heavy down - stroke.This example comes from.Spain, where many similarswords have been found, butthe origin of the type isGreek or even Oriental. Thedagger with a cylindricalbronze hilt of which thepommel is a… … Pic. L04.—Greek Iron Swords Pig. 105.—The Machaira, with Hilt(Nos. 205, 207). 1:5. in the Shape op a Bird. Greek and Roman spears.—Classical spears are representedby a variety of heads both in bronze and iron. The earliest Greektype is an iron head found with pottery of the tenth or ninth…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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