Talk:Frysta Longsword Skin/@comment-176.96.175.242-20170112174026/@comment-27043200-20170113102752

I'd like to add, I'd say it is indeed a mixture of two sword styles. However, not a gladius but a Roman spatha. The spatha was technically a longer gladius which would later on inspire the Vikings to design their swords in a similar manner.

While the Roman designs of both the spatha and gladius had round hilts, Viking swords didn't usually have tips as sharp as the one seen on the skin, which gives us the Roman influence. Gladius swords came in different shapes and this one would be most similar to the Pompeii gladius style, distinguishable from the sharpened tip that is shorter than the hilt as well as the parallel edges.