Ever seen real European sword fight

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More bronze, don't know what the circular weapons is for, maybe some kind of throwing weapon or shield.

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Replica -Greek falcata Deepeeka Falcata (Kopis) with Bone and Brass Handle
Falcata of the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
5th - 3rd century BC

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Bronze weapons are absolutely lovely to behold.

The strength of the weapons depended alot of the forging process and the actual quality of the iron VS the bronze. A high quality bronze weapon would outlast an iron sword easily, and vice versa. However as iron became easier to work with as the techniques were refined it also became simply easier to produce large quantities of iron rather than bronze. Iron was more prone to rust and decay than bronze, however grease was cheap, bronze was not in most areas of the world.

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Did you know more swords are found in rivers and other bodies of water, more so than any other place in the world? From the bronze into the iron age, spears axes and swords galore are easily dredged out of bodies of water. The exact reasons are unknown, though ther are many theories tossed about. One is that bodies of water are commonly used as borders or domain lines, making ambushes and combat common along them. Another holds with religious practices and gifts. None of the theories explain why so MANY and varied types of blades are discovered though, spanning many hundreds of years through the local time lines.


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The round discs may be a type of Chakram. Made popular via Xena the warrior princess, its actually a indian Sikh weapon. There were smaller variants, wind and fire wheels, used as throwing and the larger variants were used in melee combat. "The chakram is classified as a quoit-type weapon, being a steel ring five to twelve inches in diameter of varying thickness. It usually has a sharp outer edge, but not always. It is thrown or hurled, either by being released after being twirled around the smooth inside edge by the forefinger (a favourite Sikh method) or released frisbee-like or discus style."

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One of them is definitely an African wrist knife as well, perhaps[s a Persian take on the design. The image info also says its a Wikipedia image referring to Romania so I can do some more research into the specifics behind that manuscript.
edit: Its of Dacian origin, ancient romania and also at one time part of the Roman empire with heavy greek influences. Maybe another person with specialty in ancient Dacia could step up because the more rounded designs on the manuscripts, I am at a loss to explain.