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Personally, I believe the weapon to be a sword, probably a Kopis. The Etruscans fought like Greek hoplites at this time, primarily with spears, but this warrior is clearly of the “first class.” Livy, the great Roman historian explained the first class armament as; “The arms enjoined them were a helm...

I need some help for some research I'm doing. What weapon do you think this Etruscan warrior is holding, the statue is from 500 B.C. A picture of the statue is found at : http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0023712.html The statue would be the far left image. I have my own i...