
Spatha swords
A spatha is a double-edged sword with a straight blade. This sword form existed as of 3 Century BC to the 12th Century AD, also popularly known as "Viking sword" fall into this category. The spatha was originally a rider sword of the Celts, probably of the Noriker (lat. Norici), where it developed from the shorter cutting and stabbing swords (which were also forerunners of the Roman gladius).