scholagladiatoria | Zulu Spear: the African Gladius? @scholagladiatoria | Uploaded 10 months ago | Updated 19 hours ago
You'll sometimes see the Zulu spear (asegai or iklwa) likened to the Roman Army's gladius sword. This annoys me... but maybe it shouldn't. They do have a similarity.

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