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Acinaces
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Acinaces

The acinaces, also spelled akinakes (Greek ἀκῑνάκης) or akinaka (unattested Old Persian *akīnakah, Sogdian kynʼk) is a type of dagger or short sword used mainly in the first millennium BC in the eastern Mediterranean region, especially by the Medes, Scythians and Persians, then by the Greeks.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Acinaces collaris

speciesAcinaces collaris

Acinaces lebasii

speciesAcinaces lebasii

Acinaces laceratus

speciesAcinaces laceratus

Acinaces unicolor

speciesAcinaces unicolor

Acinaces gerstaeckeri

speciesAcinaces gerstaeckeri

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