Machaira aka kopis

 Salvete Omnes,

Dioscuri armed with lances & curved sword

Classical ancient warriors and soldiers used various swords- the famous Greek infantry hoplite typically used a xiphos or two-edge straight, short sword. 

Kopis aka machaira (  μάχαιρα ) - the sword of the ancient Greek, Thracian and Achaemenid horseman,

famous Macedonian Lion hunt mosaic 

 and also very popular in the western part of the Mediterranean world with the Iberian peninsula warriors. and the 19th century later scholar called these distinctly Iberian swords a falcata. The ever changing Roman legions adopted another Iberian warrior's sword - the gladius.

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Two swords from the MET -

56,5 cm long kopis - 0.7kg weight

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Wearing chlamys & petosos, armed with machaira and javelin - a Greek horseman 

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