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Falcata logo #10101) Ancient European sword 2) Single-edged sword
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Falcata

Falcata logo #21000 The falcata is a type of sword typical of the pre-Roman Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain and Portugal). ==Name== The term falcata is not ancient. It seems to have been coined by Fernando Fulgosio in 1872, on the model of the Latin expression ensis falcatus `sickle-shaped sword` (which, however, refers to the Harpe). He presumably went with falcat.....
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