Questions about Mr. Khorasani's lecture

[fernando]

Originally Posted by fernando

Titus Livius has also writen "Hispano punctim magis quam caesim adsueto petere hostem", meaning that this sword was so good for stabbing as for cutting ( in a home made translation )

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Well, that was a lousy translation i got. This was the batlle of Cannes and, in a documented translation the phrase means that the gladii used by the Hispanos, whom were used to thrusting rather than cutting, were short, thus handy, and also pointy.