These weapons, based on the early Germanic " spatha ", were made very well.
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From east to west, they are : Akrotiri, Rodopos ( also called Spatha ) and Gramvousa.
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The earliest forms were the crossguard variant of the Spatha used by the Huns, the so-called Pontic swords.
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The late Roman Empire introduced the longer spatha ( the term for its wielder, spatharius, became a court rank in Constantinople ).
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The " spatha " apparently replaced the " gladius " in the front ranks, giving the infantry more reach when thrusting.
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Spatha demands that Quillon release a vorg to make everyone think that bringing him aboard and letting him loose in the laboratory was a bad idea.
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It appears the normal procedure was for the officer to exchange his parazonium for a Gladius or a Spatha if he was directly threatened during a battle.
18.
German search-and-rescue aircraft and Italian motor torpedo boats, spotted and rescued the 262 survivors from the German light convoy sunk off Cape Spatha.
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Roman Auxilia cavalry were usually heavily armored in mail and armed with a short lance, javelins, the Spatha long sword, and sometimes bows for specialist Horse archer units.
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The infantry adopted the " spatha ", a longer ( median length : 760 mm / 30 in ) sword that during the earlier centuries was used by the cavalry only.
