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As the so-termed founding of Rome took place during the early Iron
Age of Southern Europe, it is probable that the citizens, like
their predecessors the Etruscans, originally made their blades of
copper and bronze, the leaf-shape being borrowed from the Greeks,
as we see it retained by the gladiators. The material would last
into the Age of Steel, but even in her early years Rome must have
preferred the harder metal. Pliny expressly tells us that Porsena,
after his short-lived conquest, prohibited the future masters of
the world from using iron except in agriculture... -from Chapter
XII: "The Sword in Ancient Rome; The Legion and the Gladiator"
Notorious for his global exploits-not to mention his unexpurgated
translations of The Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra-British
adventurer and author CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON
(1821-1890) was also a soldier and an aficionado of fencing, which
is surely how he came about his interest in the sword. "The history
of the sword is the history of humanity," Burton declares in his
introduction to this classic 1884 survey of the weapon, and then
goes on to explore that noble history through: the origin of
weapons the ages of wood, bone, and horn copper weapons bronze and
brass axes and swords the sword in ancient Egypt the sword in
Babylonia, Persia, and ancient India the sword in ancient Greece
the sword in ancient Rome and much more Profusely illustrated with
beautifully detailed line drawings, this is an essential reference
for anyone interested in the history of weaponry.
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