Christian Koepfer
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Late Roman Spatha – Dual Fuller 3rd-4th CE
SKU: AH2001CKThis Late Roman Spatha represents a refined interpretation of Roman sword design from the 3rd to 4th century CE, developed with input from historical researcher Christian Koefer. By the 3rd century CE, the Spatha had displaced the Gladius as the standard sidearm of the Roman legions — first adopted by cavalry for its superior reach, then spreading to the infantry as open-field tactics replaced tight formation fighting. The dual-fullered variants of the 3rd–4th century, known from finds across the Rhine and Danube frontiers, represent the form at its most refined — longer, lighter, and directly ancestral to the early medieval longsword.
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A broad, fullered Viking sword pattern drawn from an original held in the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen — a design closely associated with Norway during the height of the Viking Age.
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Roman Spatha – 2nd Century Cavalry Sword
SKU: AH4221CKA research-based interpretation of the 2nd century Roman Spatha developed in collaboration with historian Christian Koepfer — capturing the sword at the moment of its transition from auxiliary cavalry sidearm to army-wide standard. The 2nd century CE represents the Spatha at its most developed before the later refinements of the 3rd and 4th centuries, and Koepfer’s research grounds this in specific archaeological evidence rather than generalised approximation.
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Pompeii Short Gladius – 1st Century AD
SKU: AH4211CKA compact Pompeii-type Gladius developed in collaboration with historian and re-enactor Christian Koepfer — the same academic partnership that produced the acclaimed AH2001CK Spatha. Based on 1st century Roman examples, this shorter blade reflects Koepfer’s research into the practical dimensions of the Pompeii type as carried by ordinary legionaries rather than the officer class.
