Assertion: sword | /r/HasProperty | gladius
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text: A fully equipped Roman legionary after the reforms of Gaius Marius was armed with a shield (scutum), one or two javelins (pila), a sword (gladius), often a dagger (pugio), and, perhaps in the later empire period, darts (plumbatae).
text: The sword used by Roman soldiers was a short sword known as a gladius; and in the hands of a skilled man, it was a fearsome weapon.
text: This sword was known as the gladius hispaniensis, or "Hispanic sword".