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Sign in to saveGladius () is a Latin word properly referring to the type of sword that was used by ancient Roman foot soldiers starting from the 3rd century BC and until the 3rd century AD. Linguistically, within Latin, the word also came to mean "sword", regardless of the type used.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Gladius
- Weapon.image
- Uncrossed gladius.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- Replica Pompeii gladius
- Weapon.origin
- Carthaginian Spain as the Celtiberian sword, adopted and modified by Rome
- Weapon.type
- Sword
- Weapon.is_bladed
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 3rd century BC – 3rd century AD
- Weapon.used_by
- Celtiberians in service to Carthage during the Punic Wars Roman foot soldiers during the wars of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
- Weapon.blade_type
- Iron of varying degrees of carbon content, pointed, double-edged
- Weapon.hilt_type
- Wood, bronze or ivory
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Predecessors and origins
- Manufacturing
- Technique
- Production
- Description
- Variations
- ''Gladius Hispaniensis''
- ''Mainz Gladius''
- ''Fulham gladius''
- ''Pompeii gladius''
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
- Pictures of ancient swords
- Reenactments, reconstructions, experimental archaeology
- Articles on the history or manufacture of the sword
Gladius () is a Latin word properly referring to the type of sword that was used by ancient Roman foot soldiers starting from the 3rd century BC and until the 3rd century AD. Linguistically, within Latin, the word also came to mean "sword", regardless of the type used.
Early ancient Roman swords were similar to those of the Greeks, called xiphe (, : xiphos). From the 3rd century BC, however, the Romans adopted a weapon based on the sword of the Celtiberians of Hispania in service to Carthage during the Punic Wars, known in Latin as the gladius hispaniensis, meaning "Hispanic-type sword". The Romans modified it depending on how their battle units waged war, and created over time new types of "gladii" such as the Mainz gladius and the Pompeii gladius. Finally, in the third century AD the heavy Roman infantry replaced the gladius with the spatha (already common among Roman cavalrymen), relegating the gladius as a weapon for light Roman infantry.