The Mainz Gladius on display at the British Museum, London
Material
Iron and gilded bronze
Size
58 cm long
Created
15 BC
Present location
British Museum, London
Registration
1866,0806.1
The Mainz Gladius or Sword of Tiberius is a famous ancient Roman sword and sheath that was found in the Rhine near Mainz in Germany. Since 1866 it has been part of the British Museum's collection, when it was given to the museum by the philanthropist Felix Slade.[1] A replica of the Mainz Gladius can be found in the Romano-Germanic Central Museum (Mainz). The type of gladius was first introduced to the Romans in 20 BC.[2] Eventually the Mainz Gladius was overtaken in popularity by the Pompeii gladius.[3]
^British Museum Collection
^Four Days in September: The Battle of Teutoberg Forest Revised Edition.
^Loades, Mike (2010). Swords and Swordsmen. Great Britain: Pen &. ISBN 978-184-884-133-8.
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introduced to the Romans in 20 BC. Eventually the MainzGladius was overtaken in popularity by the Pompeii gladius. The sword is made of iron (now heavily corroded)...
two primary kinds of swords are known as the Mainzgladius, and the Pompeii gladius which follows the Mainz type, which had itself followed the Hispaniensis...
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3rd century AD, relegating the gladius to use as a light infantry weapon. The spatha apparently replaced the gladius in the front ranks, giving the infantry...
protected by a heavy shield. A secutor usually carried a short sword, a gladius, or a dagger. The secutor was specially trained to fight a retiarius, a...
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state. They were given standardized weapons and armor, consisting of a gladius (shortsword), a large shield, a pilum (javelin), a helmet, a mail shirt...
and cultural prominence for the city. Thomas Mann wrote in his novella Gladius Dei about this period: "München leuchtete" (literally "Munich shone")....
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(although not the sophisticated pilum type provided to legionaries), a gladius (short stabbing-sword) and pugio (dagger). It has been estimated that the...
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study of some Viking swords," Archived 7 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Gladius, 29 : 124–189 ; see p. 143. National Physical Laboratory (U.K.) uncovers...
swords with oak leaves and laurel wreath and weapon slogan G.U.N. (lat. Gladius Ultor Noster) and the foundation date (November 16, 1889). In the last...
rawhide, which shrank as it dried, improving structural cohesion. The gladius, a short (median length: 460 mm/18 inches) stabbing-sword that was designed...
Estudios Sobre la Fronters Romana. Roman Frontier Studies. Anejos de Gladius. (Madrid 2009) 21. Nick Hodgson, Paul Bidwell and Judith Schachtmann (eds)...