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The gladius gets most of the attention—but Roman military equipment also included smaller blades such as the pugio.

The British Museum documents a Roman dagger from Mainz dated to AD 1–100, while The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds later Roman dagger examples, demonstrating the long presence and variation of dagger forms in Roman material culture.

This Empire Echo episode uses premium Hollywood-style 3D CGI, engineering cutaways, cinematic lighting, atmospheric particles and immersive sound design to explore the pugio and its place among Roman military equipment.

⚔️ Roman weapons • Roman army • pugio • gladius • archaeology • historical CGI.

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Transcript
00:00Everyone remembers the Roman Gladius, but legionaries also carried a smaller blade.
00:08The Pugio was compact, double-edged, and built as a serious military sidearm.
00:17Together, the sword and dagger gave the soldier more than one fighting option.
00:24The famous sword got the glory.
00:27But this smaller blade stayed close.

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