Brigantian Combat Casualty

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Ouch!

migraine on the way! interesting this-if that is a sword blow then we seem to be talking a falcata like whack rather than a stab,however if the gladius is a "clean bladed spanish sword" with plenty of weight forward then that would do the job.Correct me if im wrong -kopesh admired by Alexander, (for just this sort of work) ,re-invented as short sword-becomes falcata/spanish sword-refined as "gladius" as we identify it.Falchion is later cousin of falcata for close up work?

Could also be a warhammer type thing.

Ouch!

migraine on the way! interesting this-if that is a sword blow then we seem to be talking a falcata like whack rather than a stab,however if the gladius is a "clean bladed spanish sword" with plenty of weight forward then that would do the job.Correct me if im wrong -kopesh admired by Alexander, (for just this sort of work) ,re-invented as short sword-becomes falcata/spanish sword-refined as "gladius" as we identify it.Falchion is later cousin of falcata for close up work?

 

The Egyptian kopesh is indeed similar to the Spanish falcata and Alexander did admire it enough to adopt it for use in his campains.

 

However, the falcata is seperate from the gladius. The falcata could cause this damage if the helmet indention from the blow distributed the force as such. Though, I'm inclined to side with Lost Warrior on this, I think this un-helmeted chap was smashed with a war hammer.

 

Falcata:

http://swordforum.com/swd/dt/dt-falcata-largesand.jpg

 

and how an Iberian wore the gladius before Roman adoption (From an Iberian tomb, early 5th Century BC)http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/celtic/ekeltoi/vol...s/fig09_300.jpg

 

Note: Images edited after seeing a Mod note on Hotlinking

Just goes to show how much damage these weapons could make. reminds me of a skeleton of a Viking or saxon that was dug up by archaeologists. The body belonged to a warrior who had fought at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 - and they were amazed at how much damage this man had suffered their were sword and axe marks across his entire body.