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https://twitter.com/fakehistoryhunt/status/1781031701969350967So by the 15th century the Cumans in the middle Danube region were pretty heavily assimilated by the Kingdom of Hungary. One of our best depictions is the frescoes from Avio Castle, in two phases from the 1330s and 1350s. They're easy to spot by their stereotyped hats.
https://twitter.com/Thinkwert/status/1688900702158893057@SpookyLovejoy @BretDevereaux Dr. Devereaux is right in that we can look to Iron Age Celtic blades for part of the Spatha's origins. Functionally speaking "longswords" from the ~4th c. BC to ~13th c. AD could be glossed as "Spatha" and that would be an oversimplified "correct."
https://twitter.com/BretDevereaux/status/1688996314544050177
https://twitter.com/DespertaFerro/status/1331945786557550592The sword fittings are all from Nydam 1d, and although hourglass hilts (Behmer Type-V) are primarily a North/Baltic sea phenomenon, we have plenty of evidence for extensive recruitment from this region under Aetius.
https://twitter.com/EvanSchultheis/status/1326642087480217601
https://twitter.com/EvanSchultheis/status/1327008246192861186
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https://twitter.com/EvanSchultheis/status/1326642087480217601
https://twitter.com/_Dragases_/status/1326468850095943680And this piece is a great example of how lack of research affects pop culture depictions (e.g. Hollywood) which then in turn colors the knowledge and perceptions of artists, which then goes back and affects the ones doing historical pieces.