#ROMAN SWORD

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A ROMAN IRON SPATHA CIRCA 100-300 A.D.

The Roman spatha was a long, straight sword used by the Roman Empire from the 1st to 6th centuries AD: Length: 20–40 in (0.5–1 m). Handle length: 7–8 in (18–20 cm). Use: In war and gladiatorial fights.

The spatha was a heavy infantry weapon that replaced the gladius, which became a light infantry weapon. The spatha was adopted from Germanic tribes, such as the Celts and Gauls, and was likely a hybrid of Celtic and Roman design. The spatha was often depicted in ancient art, and was used by higher-ranking soldiers.

The spatha was effective against lighter armored enemies, and its longer reach gave infantry more room to thrust. Cavalry soldiers also used the spatha because they could reach down from horseback.

The spatha design remained in use for centuries, even after the end of the Roman Empire. Swords from the 7th to 10th centuries, like Viking swords, are recognizable derivatives of the spatha.

[thesilicontribesman]

Replica Roman Blade And Scabbard, Trimontium Museum, Melrose

[ernestdescalsartwok]

PINTAR-ARTE-PINTURA-BATALLA-BOSQUE TEUTOBURGO-GERMANIA-LEGIONARIOS ROMANOS-COMBATE-GLADIUS-FOTOS-ESTUDIO-PINTOR-ERNEST DESCALS por Ernest Descals Por Flickr: PINTAR-ARTE-PINTURA-BATALLA-BOSQUE TEUTOBURGO-GERMANIA-LEGIONARIOS ROMANOS-COMBATE-GLADIUS-FOTOS-ESTUDIO-PINTOR-ERNEST DESCALS- Pintar las escenas de los combates en la Batalla del Bosque de TEUTOBURGO en GERMANIA, el LEGIONARIO ROMANO luchando con su espada GLADIUS para salvar su vida ente los feroces ataques de los germanos de Arminio. Fotos del artista pintor Ernest Descals pintando en su estudio artístico la debacle de las tres Legiones Romanas perdidas. Momentos de la historia del Imperio Romano, pintura sobre papel de 50 x 70 centímetros en la que la acción se muestra con expresión plástica. Colección de Arte sobre Teutoburgo y el ejército aniquilado del Legado Varus.

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[romans-art]

some friends and I have a fancast of Greta Garbo in a 1930s historical epic about the byzantine Empress Irene so ofc I drew it

[armthearmour]

An early Basket-hilted Broadsword,

OaL: 42.5 in/107.9 cm

Blade Length: 36.5 in/92.7 cm

Width: 5.75 in/14.6 cm

Depth: 4.25 in/10.8 cm

Weight: 3 lbs/1360.8 g

Potsdam, Germany, hilt ca. 1540, blade 17th century, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[sforzesco]

AKHENATEN

uhhh let's see. I combined some sketches I did of Nefertiti and Akhenaten and ended up somewhere here for an Akhenaten design. in my heart, it's for a comic but there's so much visual research I'd have to do before I could even think about approaching a comic. oof.

anyway moving on: Akhenaten was a childhood obsession! and then I moved onto other things, as one does, but then a couple months ago I decided to check out some books and now I have a headache.

Akhenaten, Ronald T. Ridley

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[illustratus]

The Parca and the Angel of Death by Gustave Moreau

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the twins from my zombie apocalypse au

pose references under cut

[deanmarywinchester]

really really enjoy how The Bright Sword depicts post-Arthurian britain as this once colonized, twice abandoned place. like it was conquered and then abandoned by the romans, who remade the aristocracy and language in their image and christianized the country and left behind works of engineering that would not be replicated for a thousand-plus years. then it was this land of christian miracles held together by Arthur and God, and then God abandoned the country and those kinds of miracles were never seen again

and the book explicitly plays with the connections between the Roman Empire and Christian/monarchist power, mentioning that some crackpots believe in the eventual return of the Roman Empire the way that people believe Arthur will return some day, and having the protagonist marvel at roman mining machinery that seems impossible to believe could have ever worked the way he marvels at stories of the Quest for the Grail

not 100% sure where this is going but it’s very effective for being a story about how the age of heroes is dead, because the age of wonders and power is sort of twice dead.

[ophelias-lamentation]

Celtigar and dayne hairstyles pls???

Hairstyles of Houses Dayne and Celtigar

So the Dayne’s are dornish so they keep the Greco-Roman inspired hairstyles but as opposed to most other dornish houses who wear gold or copper they wear silver. I have a headcannon that I got from a fic that the dornish are expert glass artists so they wear slot of glass accessories, the daynes however opt for amethysts and tanzanite.

House Celtigar is of Valyrian descent, their hairstyles are unlike the the Targaryen’s however and have a strong stormlands and crown lands influence with elaborate updo’s and marine inspired, especially crustacean, headpieces. I hc that like the Velaryon’s they trade a lot so they are a richer house.

[thesilicontribesman]

Replica Roman Blade And Scabbard, Trimontium Museum, Melrose

[hinadraws]

Group photo as a gift for the princess! Can you guess who argued about being the main link and who won? ;) |instagram| |Cara|

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