Historical Artifacts

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Reconstruction of a 1st-2nd century AD Roman legionary in Dacia (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts

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[–] PugJesus 5 points 2 months ago

Note the arm armor and the ridged helmet - both unique innovations of the period due to the Dacians' use of the falx, a curious curved blade that could reach around a Roman's shield and get at the soft fleshy bits inside. These innovations would not be widely adopted outside of the Dacian Wars. Seems the extra protection just wasn't worth it against most foes!