Short custom sword PBR game redyGladius or gladius - an ancient Roman short sword (up to 60 centimeters long), was worn at the right thigh of a private soldier .
Also, the sword, which was used to execute criminals , began to be used instead of the ancient ax for all executions, but before that, only soldiers ( mercenaries ) of the Roman army were actually executed . Presumably, it was borrowed (and improved) by the ancient Romans from the ancient inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula and was in variations the standard infantry weapon in the Roman army until the 3rd century AD . The highest military commanders and senior officers who did not have a shield wore a gladius on their left side. It hung on a leather baldric (balteus), worn over the shoulder, or on a belt around the camp.
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