Sword Information: Ancient/Medieval Weapons & Armor

Swords

• Sword Parts: Hilt
• Scimitar
• Broadsword
• Dueling Sword/Smallsword
• Backsword
• Sabre
• Gladius
• Katana
• Falchion
• Rapier
• Long-sword
• Estada Ropera (Sword of the Robe)
• Estoc Sword
• Greatsword
• Two-handed Sword
• Spadone
• Jian
• Katar
• Sword Construction

Other Hand Weapons--Medieval/Ancient

• Axes
• Tomahawk
• Daggers
• Knives
• Pole Arms
• Spears
• Lance
• Pilum
• Mace
• Morning Star
• Warhammer
• Halberd
• Pike
• Scramasax

Armor

• Chainmail
• Gambeson
• Gauntlets
• Lorica Segmentata
• Shields

Range Weapons

• Archery
• Bow
• Longbow
• Crossbow
• Greek Fire

Siege Engines

• Catapults
• Trebuchet
• Ballista
• Onager
• Battering Ram
• Cannons
• Siege Towers

Combat

• Fencing
• Dueling

History's Medieval/Ancient Soldiers

• Hoplites
• Legionary
• Spartans
• Roman Phalanx
• Knights
• Samurai

Time Periods/Peoples

• Middle Ages
• The Crusades
• Native Americans
• Hellenistic Greece
• Feudalism
• Sumeria
• Holy Roman Empire
• The Viking Age
• Peloponnesian War
• Visigoths
• Lombards