An ancient Iberian sword with a curved, sickle-like blade, used in warfare by Spanish and Portuguese peoples.
From Latin 'falx' (sickle) plus suffix. Named for its distinctive curved shape resembling a sickle or scythe.
The falcata was so effective that Roman soldiers adopted it—when empires conquer territories, they often steal weapons designs from local populations, as Rome did with the falcata and gladius.
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