There is no single term that can be reconstructed as having referred specifically to the spatha in Common Germanic. … See more

In the 8th century, Frankish sword smiths increasingly gained access to high quality steel imported from Central Asia, where a crucible steel industry began to establish itself. The earliest types of "Viking swords" according to the typology of Petersen (1919) are dated to … See more

• 5th- to 7th-century Germanic sword / seax Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Reenactor's page with Migration period sword reconstructions See more

Roman spatha
The spatha was introduced to the Roman army in the early imperial period by Germanic auxiliaries. The earlier gladius sword was gradually replaced by the spatha from the late 2nd to the 3rd century. From the … See more

A native industry producing "Germanic swords" then emerges from the 5th century, contemporary with the collapse of the Western Roman … See more

• Iron Age sword
• Migration period spear
• Gothic and Vandal warfare
• Anglo-Saxon warfare
• Viking Age arms and armour See more