Romphaia
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| Weapon type: | Sword, sickle sword |
| Designations: | Romphaia, Thracian Romphaia |
| Use: | weapon |
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| Distribution: | [[]] |
| Overall length: | about up to 200 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, leather |
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The Romphaia (also called Romphaea or Rumpia) was a sickle-like, heavy and extraordinarily long (up to over 2 m) broadsword of the Thracians .
description
The rhomphaia has an inward curvature and is sanded on the inside or both sides. It was invented around 400 BC and was wielded with both hands . It was devastating, especially on horseback. With the Romphaia, the Thracians were able to cut off the heads and arms of their opponents through sweeping movements and allegedly even split their bodies in two. The Romphaia was similar to the Dacian falx .
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literature
- John Pairman Brown : Israel and Hellas . Volume 3: The Legacy of Iranian Imperialism and the Individual . de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2001, ISBN 3-11-016882-0 , p. 527 ( supplements to the journal for Old Testament science 299).
- Paul Couissin: Les institutions militaires et navales . Société d'édition Les belles Lettres, Paris 1932 ( Lavie publique et privée des anciens grecs 8).
- Arnold M. Snodgrass: Armi ed armature dei Greci . L'Erma di Bretschneider, Rome 1991, ISBN 88-7062-726-8 , p. 177 ( Societa e cultura greca e romana 1).
- Christopher Webber, Angus McBride: The Thracians, 700 BC - AD 46. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2001, ISBN 1-8417-6329-2 ( Men-at-arms series 360).