(October 11, 2011 at 3:00 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: Not everyone had a sword - explanation further declined.
Swords were usually a symbol of some sort of authority, royal blood, or wealth. In some cases, it was death for a member of the peasant caste of a society to carry such.
I would agree everyone had a knife of some sort, but those were all purpose tools. Not everyone had a sword and was trained to it, despite what movies might tell you.
Honey, you are making the sword thing a little too technical.
I meant it as a tool for protection.
In may ancient empires... the Romans, Greeks, Persians, ...etc. would train the young boys to be skilled with the sword--- just so they can protect their community in case of war.
Of course there are some poor peasants who couldn't afford it. But I'm sure they had some other tool to fend off enemies.
