A transitional Roman gladius bridging the Mainz and Fulham types, featuring a straighter blade profile and practical military design. Ideal for early Imperial Roman reenactment and study.
Roman sword production was not rigidly standardised in the modern sense — workshops across the Empire produced blades that varied in profile, dimensions and details while sharing the essential Gladius character. The Fulham-Mainz transitional type reflects this reality, blending the straighter edges of the Fulham (as found in the Thames at Fulham and now in the British Museum) with the long triangular point of the Mainz family.
This version features an EN45 high carbon steel blade in the transitional Mainz-Fulham profile, mounted in a traditional Roman hilt of carved wood and bone, and paired with a leather and brass scabbard. For re-enactors covering the early to mid 1st century AD, the transitional type offers historical credibility across the period where both Mainz and Fulham types were in simultaneous use.
An ideal piece for Roman Britain re-enactment, where the Fulham type is particularly relevant — the Thames find connecting it directly to the early years of the Roman province of Britannia.
