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    contemporary with the xiphos, had a virtually identical blade design as the xiphos. Contrary to popular belief, no example of a xiphos made from bronze has...
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    rather than a xiphos, because from the height of a horse's back the cut of a machaira will serve you better than the thrust of a xiphos." (Xenophon, 12:11)...
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    Europe. Gladius, an early ancient Roman thrusting shortsword for legionaries Xiphos, a double-edged, single-hand blade used by the ancient Greeks; Certain Renaissance-era...
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    rather than a xiphos, because from the height of a horse’s back the cut of a machaira will serve you better than the thrust of a xiphos". The precise...
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  • to Xiphos. Xiphos has captured Aruval and draws out the part of his soul he had implanted in him. This restores Aruval to normal and gives Xiphos physical...
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  • Throscodectes xiphos is a species of insect in family Tettigoniidae. It is endemic to Australia. Orthopteroid Specialist Group (1996). "Throscodectes xiphos". IUCN...
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  • cognates with the ancient Greek xiphos, which may have been borrowed from a Semitic language, as both saif and xiphos go back to an old (Bronze Age) wanderwort...
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  • firm. In 2011, Oceus Networks launched Xiphos, a broadband network that can be set up in remote locations. Xiphos is a scalable system, letting users deploy...
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    Roman swords were similar to those of the Greeks, called xiphe (pl., sg.: xiphos). From the 3rd century BC, however, the Romans adopted a weapon based on...
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    (unattested Old Persian *akīnakah, Sogdian kynʼk) is a type of dagger or xiphos (short sword) used mainly in the first millennium BCE in the eastern Mediterranean...
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