Pages: 111-124

During the Great Migration of the Peoples, as well as in the early Middle Ages, scramasaxes were widely distributed in Europe. Scramasax is a straight-bladed single-edged weapon with a length of less than 72 cm. By size, one can distinguish long scramasaxes derived from the Byzantine-Sassanid area and the short ones representing the evolution of the late-Roman and, possibly, German fighting knives.

Keywords: scramasax, fighting knife, Byzantium, Rome, the Sassanids

Information about author:

Michel Kazanski (Paris, France). Doctor Habilitat of History. National Center for Scientifi c Research
E-mail: [email protected]