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To: Jonty30

But even so, iron, even high-grade, is not steel. How did the Roman smiths make the transformation?


6 posted on 02/04/2024 9:06:49 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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Romans used iron. They knew how to make steel, but having a steel sword was only something that they very upper classes would have had because of cost. If you had a steel sword, you had the Bughatti of swords.


7 posted on 02/04/2024 9:11:07 AM PST by Jonty30 (In a nuclear holocaust, there is always a point in time where the meat is cooked to perfection. )
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To: Eleutheria5

It was called the iron age, not the steel age.


11 posted on 02/04/2024 9:23:59 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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