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Re:How to Grip Bronze Age Swords by hermitcrab on Friday October 25, 2024 @06:19AM (#41943861)
Presumably swords were more effective from horseback than spears/lances until the invention of stirrups.
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Re:How to Grip Bronze Age Swords by pfdietz on Friday October 25, 2024 @10:10PM (#41951938)
Swords were used by "runners", infantry that accompanied chariots. A sword and small shield was better for an isolated soldier; spears were useful for soldiers in close formation.
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