A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 116
FE. The purpose of the long head was to bend and encumber the enemyafter piercing his shield or armour. Roman swords.—The collection of swords ends in thosewhich belong to the Roman period. A fragment of a sword witha heavy iron blade seems too big for the natives of Italy, andmay have been used by…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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