The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . dged broadsword, this question ofRoman or Teuton at once confronts us. It is ofrare occurrence in the graves of Teutonic warriors,and this fact at once differentiates it from theRoman sword which was carried by every legion-ary. With the Teuton it was evidently the weaponof the chief, and this explanation of its rarity is betterthan the theory that makes it exclusively the arm ofthe mounted warrior. This sword, called by the Latinized-Greek word spatha, was not, as Lindenschmit suggested, animitation of the Roman sword of the was
The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . dged broadsword, this question ofRoman or Teuton at once confronts us. It is ofrare occurrence in the graves of Teutonic warriors,and this fact at once differentiates it from theRoman sword which was carried by every legion-ary. With the Teuton it was evidently the weaponof the chief, and this explanation of its rarity is betterthan the theory that makes it exclusively the arm ofthe mounted warrior. This sword, called by the Latinized-Greek word spatha, was not, as Lindenschmit suggested, animitation of the Roman sword of the was not only much longer but was used for strik-ing, not like the Roman short sword for the thrust,and it does not seem to have had such a serviceablehilt. The Teutonic spatha descends from the bigron broadsword carried by the Gauls of the LaTene period in their incursions into classical intermediate stage is represented by the greatfinds of sword blades, in the votive deposits of aboutthe fourth or fifth century in the mosses of Nydam 118. PLATE V 17
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