The Contributions of Reenactors

"Pompeii" Pattern Gladius and Scabbard

This is Robert Garbisch's gladius sheathed on his right hip, which is the regulation way the standard Roman short sword was carried by a legionary of the First Century B. C. through the early Fourth Century A.D.

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