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Rhomphaia

The rhomphaia (Ancient Greek: ῥομφαία) was a close-combat bladed weapon used by the Thracians as early as 350-400 BC. Rhomphaias were weapons with a straight or slightly curved single-edged blade. Although the rhomphaia was similar to the falx, most archaeological evidence suggests that rhomphaias were forged with straight or slightly curved blades…

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Rhomphaia in historical texts

PlutarchAemilius PaulusEustathiusIliadHesychius
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Differences from the falx

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Ancient GreekThraciansBladeFalxTang
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related to Byzantine · 20
Rhomphaia → Alexios, Alexius, Andronikos, Anna Komnene's Alexiad, Being, Bryennius, Byzantines, Constantinople, Dane, Elder, However, It, Komnenos, Michael Psellos' Chronographia, Nikephoros Bryennios, Niketas Choniates, She, They, This, Varangian Guard
related to Roman · 19
Rhomphaia → Aemilius Paulus, Ascon, Aulus Gellius, CGL, Eustathius, Hesychius, Iliad, In Latin, Isidore, John, Life, Livy, Luke, Mil, Patmos, Plutarch, Revelation, Seville, VI
related to New Testament · 12
Rhomphaia → And, And Simeon, Behold, Gospel, Greek, In, Israel, It, Luke, Mary, New Testament, The
related to Usage · 11
Rhomphaia → According, After, As, BC, Bessi, Dacia, Roman, Romans, The, Thracians, Used
related to Trivia · 5
Rhomphaia → Albanian, Bulgarian, In Albanian, Thracian, Tomaschek
related to Differences from the falx · 3
Rhomphaia → Because, However, The

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weapon blade falx tang used also straight slightly curved sword greek iron cutting rhomphaias similar length would albanian new thracians

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Rhomphaiarelated to ByzantineMichael Psellos' Chronographia0.60section
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Rhomphaiarelated to ByzantineKomnenos0.60section
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Rhomphaiarelated to ByzantineAnna Komnene's Alexiad0.60section

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