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@chakfungcheung3318 You are so mind numbingly wrong it's tragic.
The phasing out of the Gladius stemmed from a change in military strategic doctrine due to economic, social, political and religious changes of the Roman Empire, not in the tech level of their surrounding adversaries.
And a long slashing weapon like a falchion, sabre, tulwar or katana is far worse against armored infantry than a short stabbing and chopping sword with a reinforced armor piercing tip like many late pattern gladii.
The Gladius was, in fact not replaced by the spatha in the role of a main weapon, the Spatha, in fact, was a sidearm, as the late imperial Legions, separated into border guards (Limitaneii) and mobile strike forces (Comitatenses) used heavy melee spears and throwing darts with flat, large oval shields as main weapons.
I am unsure if the Pugio dagger still remained as a standard issue secondary backup by that time.
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