falx

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The falx was a weapon with a curved blade that was sharp on the inside edge used by the Thracians and Dacians. The name was later applied to a siege hook used by the Romans.

  • Falx (Pauly-Wissowa) - encyclopedic article in Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE), German, 1909
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