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- The pugio (Latin: [ˈpuːɡioː]; plural: pugiones) was a dagger used by Roman soldiers as a sidearm. It seems likely that the pugio was intended as an auxiliary...
- 13th-century Dominican friar and theologian. He is remembered for his polemic work Pugio Fidei (c. 1270). In 1250 he was one of eight friars appointed to make a...
- Like the gladius, the pugio was most often used as a thrusting (stabbing weapon). As an extreme close-quarter combat weapon, the pugio was the Roman soldier's...
- Palaemon pugio, commonly known as daggerblade gr**** shrimp, is a small, transparent species of shrimp with yellow coloring and brownish spots. It can...
- Leitneria pugio is a species of mite in the family Halolaelapidae. "Leitneria pugio". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-27. Castilho, Raphael C. (2012). Taxonomy...
- (scutum), the overall armor on the upper body (lorica hamata), a dagger (pugio), and a sword (gladius). Roman military personal equipment Lorica segmentata...
- Rome's long history, but the equipment and its use were never individual. A pugio is a dagger that was used by Roman soldiers, likely as a sidearm. Like other...
- (gladius), a shield (scutum), one or two javelins (pila), often a dagger (pugio), and perhaps, in the later empire period, darts (plumbatae). Conventionally...
- the name), a three-pointed trident (fuscina or tridens), and a dagger (pugio). The retiarius was lightly armoured, wearing an arm guard (manica) and...
- their swords on their left side as a sign of distinction and carried the pugio (dagger) on the right, as the sidearm. Centurions wore transverse crests...