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    rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The xiphos (Ancient Greek: ξίφος [ksípʰos]; plural xiphe, Ancient Greek: ξίφη [ksípʰɛː])...
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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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    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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    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." (Xenophon, 12:11)...
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    Military of Mycenaean Greece Phalanx Peltast Pezhetairos Sarissa Sacred Band of Thebes Sciritae Seleucid army Spartan army Strategos Toxotai Xiphos Xyston...
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    Prehistory Bronze Age sword Khopesh Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period...
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  • Kelantanese klewang Khopesh Kopis Kusarigama Makhaira Seven-Branched Sword Shotel Xiphos Bane, Theresa (2020). Encyclopedia of Mythological Objects. McFarland, Incorporated...
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    Prehistory Bronze Age sword Khopesh Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period...
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    addition to spolas or linothorax body-armor, hoplite's helmet, greaves and a xiphos or kopis sword (though their equipment was likely more ornate than main-line...
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  • cavalry and heavy infantry. 3rd century BCE Gaul/Germania – Migration Period. Xiphos: Greek one-handed, double-edged Iron Age straight shortsword Xyele: The...
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    Military of Mycenaean Greece Phalanx Peltast Pezhetairos Sarissa Sacred Band of Thebes Sciritae Seleucid army Spartan army Strategos Toxotai Xiphos Xyston...
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    Prehistory Bronze Age sword Khopesh Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period...
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    (known internally as BibleCS) is a Windows application built in C++Builder. Xiphos (formerly GnomeSword) is a C++ SWORD front end using GTK+, with binaries...
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    Prehistory Bronze Age sword Khopesh Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period...
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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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    Prehistory Bronze Age sword Khopesh Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period...
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  • (2005). The Rising of the Moon (Revised ed.). Bangor, Northern Ireland: Xiphos Books. ISBN 978-0-9544936-5-3. OCLC 70335856. Fawcett, Lawrence; Greenwood...
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    guiding the procedure. The term xiphoid originates from the Greek word xiphos, which means 'straight sword', bearing a resemblance to the process's tip...
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  • Greek ξηρός (xērós), dry xerostomia, xeroderma xiph- sword Greek ξῐ́φος (xíphos), sword xiphisternum, xiphoid, xiphoidalgia -y condition or process of Latin...
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  • Parthian and Sassanid Empires in Iran, iron swords were common. The Greek xiphos and the Roman gladius are typical examples of the type, measuring some 60...
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    Prehistory Bronze Age sword Khopesh Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period...
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  • Prehistory Bronze Age sword Khopesh Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period...
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    Prehistory Bronze Age sword Khopesh Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period...
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    Military of Mycenaean Greece Phalanx Peltast Pezhetairos Sarissa Sacred Band of Thebes Sciritae Seleucid army Spartan army Strategos Toxotai Xiphos Xyston...
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    Prehistory Bronze Age sword Khopesh Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period...
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    Prehistory Bronze Age sword Khopesh Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period...
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  • Prehistory Bronze Age sword Khopesh Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period...
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    Prehistory Bronze Age sword Khopesh Ancient period Iron Age sword Harpe Gladius Xiphos Kopis/Falcata Makhaira Spatha Sica Rhomphaia Falx Post-classical period...
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    arrows or other projectiles. The secondary weapon was a shortsword called a xiphos. The phalangites also had a smaller and flatter shield than that of the...
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