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- Die Sica war ein einschneidiger, geschwungener Dolch oder auch ein kurzes Schwert thrakisch-illyrischen Ursprungs. In Rom wurde die Sica hauptsächlich von Räuberbanden benutzt, was diesen Banden den Namen sicarii einbrachte. Die Waffe wurde auch von den Thraeces benutzt, einer bestimmten Art von Gladiatoren. In der römischen Rechtsprechung, in der in solchen Dingen streng unterschieden wurde, wurde die Sica als unehrenhafte Waffe angesehen.
- Espada curva originaria de la región de Tracia. Su único borde cortante, el interno, está muy afilado. Presenta el inconveniente de que el centro de gravedad de la hoja está más cerca de la punta que de la empuñadura, por lo que ésta debe ser bastante pesada para equilibrarla. Fue popularizada por los gladiadores tracios, que la utilizaban sobre todo para mantenerla tras el escudo y atacar rápidamente infligiendo profundas heridas.
- La sica (o sica supina) era una spada usata nell'antica Roma, l'arma abituale del gladiatore trace. Dapprima venne rappresentata come una spada curva con una lama lunga circa 40-45 centimetri; più tardi, dal termine del I secolo d.C. , la lama della sica presentava una curvatura ancor più netta, di quasi 45 gradi. Mentre le prime sicae si presentavano con lama ad un solo taglio, quelle successive erano evidentemente a doppio taglio. La forma specifica era progettata per aggirare i lati dello scudo del nemico, pugnalarlo o trapassarlo dalla schiena. Siccome l'avversario abituale del gladiatore trace era il mirmillone dotato del grande scudo, un'arma come la sica era necessaria per rendere il duello più equilibrato ed eccitante. La sica era l'arma comunemente usata dai traci, ed è visibile nelle loro mani lungo tutta la Colonna traiana.
- The sica was a short sword/big dagger of ancient Thracians/Dacians peoples, used in Ancient Rome too. It was originally depicted as a curved sword, (see the Zliten mosaic as well as numerous oil lamps) with a blade about 16-18 inches long (40 – 45 cm) and many examples have been found in what are today Romania,Bosnia, Bulgaria and Serbia, as well as depicted on the Trajan Column. From a typological point of view, though there is a strong tendency towards standardization, the sica daggers can be organised in three main types that differ only by morphological aspects, not functional. The first type is characterised by its solidity, sometimes with a broken figure immediately after the blade’s middle part, with a short and sharp point, with a slight curvature, a short handle cane, usually of a triangular shape, that has a hole for the fixing rivet, close to the blade. The blade has incised ornaments and a "blood channel" deeply carved into it. These characteristics are not general, the only standing arguments for this type being the size and the shape approximately similar. The second type, not very different morphologically speaking, doesn’t have the solid shape of the first type, but a longer blade, with a "blood channel", and keeps, most often, the haft’s tongue short and of a triangular shape. The third type, more numerous, gathers a series of daggers characterized by a long blade, elegantly manufactured in most cases, by the ornamentation with incised circles or/and lines along the blade, the presence of the "blood channel", the haft’s tongue as long as the haft and a guard muff. These distinctive elements are found either all together, or some of the pieces present one or more of these cha- racteristic features. The sizes show a relative standardization, some- where around 30–40 cm length and approximately 3 cm width. From a chronological point of view, this type of dagger is dated mostly in the second and first centuries BC. The distinctive shape was designed to get around the sides of an opponent's shield, and stab or slash them in the back. Since the traex gladiator's usual opponent was the Scutum (large shield) carrying myrmillo gladiator, such a weapon as the sica was necessary to make the duel more even and exciting. The daggers’ decoration, remarkably complex, offers them a sum of spiritual, artistically and symbolical valences. On the blade geo- metrical shapes were incised, but also eagles and snakes, in which case their schematization requires the existence of a certain “code”, or they were an emblem that underlined the membership of a certain brotherhood at arms or a certain social status, as well possible to have a mistical/magical component included. From the facts presented above, it can be stated that the sica dagger represents an important historical artefact which, due to it’s importance and the role it played in the Thracian world, contributes to the understanding of the social and military mechanisms of this society and, through the special spiritual dimension, to the reception of a new side from the religious mosaic of this people. From all the curved weapons used in the Thracian area, the sica daggers are the only ones that make the connection between the Southern Thracians and the Thracians North to the Danube, being spread the same on both sides of the river.
- Dans l'Antiquité, la sica est la principale arme de lutte au corps à corps des Daces.
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- Die Sica war ein einschneidiger, geschwungener Dolch oder auch ein kurzes Schwert thrakisch-illyrischen Ursprungs. In Rom wurde die Sica hauptsächlich von Räuberbanden benutzt, was diesen Banden den Namen sicarii einbrachte. Die Waffe wurde auch von den Thraeces benutzt, einer bestimmten Art von Gladiatoren. In der römischen Rechtsprechung, in der in solchen Dingen streng unterschieden wurde, wurde die Sica als unehrenhafte Waffe angesehen.
- Espada curva originaria de la región de Tracia. Su único borde cortante, el interno, está muy afilado. Presenta el inconveniente de que el centro de gravedad de la hoja está más cerca de la punta que de la empuñadura, por lo que ésta debe ser bastante pesada para equilibrarla. Fue popularizada por los gladiadores tracios, que la utilizaban sobre todo para mantenerla tras el escudo y atacar rápidamente infligiendo profundas heridas.
- La sica (o sica supina) era una spada usata nell'antica Roma, l'arma abituale del gladiatore trace. Dapprima venne rappresentata come una spada curva con una lama lunga circa 40-45 centimetri; più tardi, dal termine del I secolo d.C. , la lama della sica presentava una curvatura ancor più netta, di quasi 45 gradi. Mentre le prime sicae si presentavano con lama ad un solo taglio, quelle successive erano evidentemente a doppio taglio.
- The sica was a short sword/big dagger of ancient Thracians/Dacians peoples, used in Ancient Rome too. It was originally depicted as a curved sword, (see the Zliten mosaic as well as numerous oil lamps) with a blade about 16-18 inches long (40 – 45 cm) and many examples have been found in what are today Romania,Bosnia, Bulgaria and Serbia, as well as depicted on the Trajan Column.
- Dans l'Antiquité, la sica est la principale arme de lutte au corps à corps des Daces.
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