[The Gladius]

Because of the material and the fact that the Roman sword was just a tool to be used, and didn't have any heroic significance, there aren

[1st Century Pugio]

For those that are interested, here

[1st Century Pugio]

Kathy (the woman I'm staying with) wants to know if you've ever contacted anyone from the SCA about this blade? She says someone told her about these blades at some point but she doesn't know where that person is now.

 

Nope, never mentioned it to anyone from the SCA, but I did ask questions about the blade on a different formum a few weeks ago. Someone from there could have asked.

[1st Century Pugio]

People used lead for plumbing and preservative of food in Ancient Rome, is that true? Perhaps lead could be used with other metals such as copper to strengthen it.

 

German silver is nickel silver. It's an alloy of nickel and copper.

 

Rome did use lead in their cups and in making certain drinks. It's now common believe that one of the explanations of the Roman

[1st Century Pugio]

Beautiful blade. Anyway, do you mean something like this?

 

Lead is toxic. Is it possible for the people to use lead in making a blade? My guess is nickel, easily being mistaken as silver.

 

Is that an authentic blade or a reproduction? If its authentic, is that a lighter colored metal or the light reflecting off a shinny surface?

 

I don

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OOPS, responded at the wrong place.

[1st Century Pugio]

Thanks everyone for the help on the pictures.

 

Here

[1st Century Pugio]

The way most people do it is to upload to an image hosting site such as Photobucket (it's a free account) and then put the image in by placing the url in image tags like this:

[img=URL]

(Photobucket even provides the image tags for you.

 

As for size restrictions: reasonable. If it's too huge it's not good, if there are any more "concrete" restrictions than that I'm unaware of them.

 

I'd love to see pics of your blade.

 

Being that its part of my private collection, I'm a little leery about posting it in such a public place. I

[1st Century Pugio]

Hi,

 

I recently received a rather unique 1st century authentic Pugio. I was hoping to post a few questions about the blade. Is there a way to post pictures on this site and if so, what is the size limitation.

 

Thanks

[Remus And Romulus]

For everyone's information, the July/August 2007 issue of Archaeology magazine (on sale now in Borders Books & Music stores) has a feature article presenting both sides of the debate on whether Romulus and Remus actually existed. You can read an abstract of the article by clicking on the link below:

 

Origins of Rome: Is the Legend of Romulus True?

 

-- Nephele

 

Thanks for the link, I'm going to go out and get a copy.

[Remus And Romulus]

"The names of the twins have caused difficulty: whereas the Romans .......

Pirated outright from: "A History of the Roman World; 753-146 BC"; 4th Ed., pp. 48-9; H.H. Scullard.

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I hope that this adds some spice, if not light to the subject.

 

That was very informative, for those of us that read the posts and usually don't respond, let me say thanks.

[Remus And Romulus]

Well, sorry to burst ya bubble, but Romulus and Remus were also myths. Rome was likely founded around 1000 BCE, but before that you had the Latins and the Etruscans in the immediate area, as well as the Oscans, Umbrians, Campanians, etc...

 

Hi,

 

I