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- Etymology
- Illyrian
- Types
- Significance
- See also
- References
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thumb|Outline of a sica
The sica (plural siccae) is a short sword or large dagger of ancient Illyrians, Thracians, and Dacians; it was also used in ancient Rome. It is a shorter form of the falx, and the root of the word is the same as the modern sickle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.