4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
I heard the Romans used their short swords to thrust into their opponents which gave a more grevious wound to their enemies. Slicing attacks may not work as fast. That’s what I heard- I’m not an expert nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn last night.
“ Archaeologist Dr Sophie Hay explains how he left his mark…”
‘ using a sword, he made a horizontal slash here. Then a diagonal slash from right to left, then another horizontal slash. All slashes were connected and he wore a black swashbuckling mask while doing so. ‘