Note 893 — Chapter XII · THE SWORD IN ANCIENT ROME; THE LEGION AND THE GLADIATOR.
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The learned Mr. Tylor is notably in error when he informs Mr. Herbert Spencer (Ceremonial Institutions, pp. 174–75) that the Japanese two-sworded man (Samurai) wore sword and dagger. The blades used to be of equal length. Of the Japanese sword I shall treat in Part II.