Sica (weapon)
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| Weapon type: | Dagger, longer versions sword |
| Designations: | Sica |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Illyria , Thrace , Roman Empire |
| Distribution: | Roman Empire |
| Blade length: | 40-45 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, leather |
| Particularities: | Blade at the tip bent 45 degrees from the handle |
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The Sica was a single-edged, curved dagger or a short sword of Thracian - Illyrian origin. In Rome, the Sica was mainly used by bands of robbers, which gave these gangs the name sicarii . The Jewish resistance fighters, the Sicarians , are best known . The weapon was also used by the Thraeces , a specific type of gladiator . In Roman jurisprudence, which strictly distinguished such matters, the sica was viewed as a dishonorable weapon .
literature
- Walter Hatto Gross : Sica, sicarius. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Col. 161 f.