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Originally Posted by mariusgmioc
Hello Fernando,
While I am no specialist, I assume the Iberian Falcatas in your photos were of rather low carbon content steel, and while they may have displayed exceptional resilience due to their exceptional tempering, this may have been only exceptional for their period and compared to their Roman counterparts, but may be quite far away from our unerstanding based on modern standards...
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Precisely what i want to get at; things may become mythic and legendary, but it helps a lot to contextualize them for a better judgement
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