GLADIATOR SPATHA SWORD (SB819BR) by CHINA
Equipped with a 30" mirror polished blade constructed from solid 440 stainless steel. Simulated Bone handle with Roman Coin inlay. The ornate handle coordinates with the leather wrapped wooden sheath which is equipped with functional straps and harware. Blade is factory semi sharp. Sword measures 39" overall. Designed for decoarative use.

THE ROMAN SPATHA
The spatha of literature appears in the Roman Empire in the 1st century as a weapon of presumed Germanic auxiliaries and went on from there to become a standard heavy infantry weapon, relegating the gladius to use as a light infantry weapon. The spatha apparently simply replaced the gladius in the front ranks, giving the infantry more reach in thrusting. Eventually under the later Roman Empire the spatha was adopted by many if not most legionaries. The Latin word, spatha, and all its derivatives, are a loan from ancient Greek spathe, any object considered long and flat, such as the blade of an oar, a rib, the shuttle of a loom, a spatula, etc.