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ACINACES (from the Greek)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 148 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACINACES (from the See also:Greek) , an See also:ancient See also:Persian See also:sword, See also:short 148 and straight, and-worn, contrary to the See also:Roman See also:fashion, on the right See also:side, or sometimes in front of the See also:body, as shown in the bas-reliefs found at See also:Persepolis. Among the Persian See also:nobility it was frequently made of See also:gold, being worn as a badge of distinction. The acinaces was an See also:object of religious See also:worship with the Scythians and others (See also:Herod. iv. 62).

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