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Old 17th October 2025, 02:18 PM   #8
Triarii
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There is a theory that lots of swords not unlike this - date of origin unknown - were captured from the Dutch in the field and in their armouries during the Rampjaar or 'disaster year' of 1672, and that's when they were adopted by the French as a pattern sword, with subsequent French production leading to the 1679.
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