scholagladiatoria | The REAL REASON they chose SMALLSWORDS instead of RAPIERS @scholagladiatoria | Uploaded 1 month ago | Updated 13 hours ago
Why did so many military and naval officers around the year 1700 choose smallswords instead of rapiers?

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