| Roman Swords - The history behind the versatile Gladius Sword 196 days ago by HistoricRogue The sword is a practical, intuitive weapon, and many Bronze Age cultures developed them independently. Bronze wasn’t ideal for making swords, though, and it wasn’t until the dawn of the Iron Age (with invention of new smelting techniques around 1300 BC) that swordmaking became truly refined. Iron is ... Historic Replicas - historicreplicasblog.com · 1 reference |