Assertion: sword's blade | /r/CapableOf | become in the 1st century ce
Facets:
value: a little shorter
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Surviving blades from archaeological digs indicate that during the late Republic the blade was longer, in the 1st century BCE the blade became shorter, wider and with a more tapered point - the Mainz type, and in the 1st century CE the blade and point became a little shorter again - the Pompeian type.