gladius

Additionally, the gladius wielded with the large shield, the scutum, was only an 18 inch short sword.

Yeah, a lot of historical swords like the Roman gladius or the longsword actually had two edges.

This includes the gladius and spatha swords, the Montefortino helmet, the lorica hamata chainmail armor and the oval scutum shield.

Literally all those other options can seem a whole lot harder than a gladius through the solar plexus at the moment.

With a gladius or any other short range weapon, it's just a fancy execution.

They fought shoulder-to-shoulder, leading with big rectangular shields, and thrusting around the side, top, or bottom with the gladius.

And an message to anyone in the way to vacate or feel the point of a gladius and the hobnails of a caliga.

Whereas a finished match in Gladius is satisfying and leaves me wanting to start a new match (maybe not today, but the next day).

On the other hand, that long sword has more rotational inertia than the slightly heavier roman gladius, let alone a much smaller and lighter controller.

People did not look at a captain going down with the ship or a general falling on their Gladius as a coward dodging their responsibilities.

Gradually, though, the Romans would also incorporate Celtic arms and armor, both from Gaulic Celts and Iberian Celts, perhaps most famously the Gladius [4].

Historians earlier posited that bladed weapons would have been largely ineffective against Parthian armor, then archeology shows how some ungodly Roman beast shoved his gladius through 4mm of bronze/iron composite.

The German army has received the first units of a similar system ("Gladius") and will be testing it in Afghanistan soon [0].

I’ve been thinking about a Gladius “Chasing Dory” for a while as they are comparatively reasonably priced.

True, however "Gladius" is also a popular WoW interface add-on.

“Gladius” was also the common Roman slang word for “penis”, so much so that the accompanying Latin word for a sword holder or scabbard, “vagina”, became the standard English word for a body part, losing its original meaning.

Recently I've been playing Warhammer Gladius, which is the bare essentials with a heavy focus on combat.

I also play Stronghold Crusader, Warhammer Gladius, Company of Heroes, Warframe, WoW and other MMOs on it.