Paramerion

The paramerion (Medieval Greek: Παραμήριον) was a saber-like curved sword.The name paramerion means 'by the thigh', this may reflect that it was worn suspended by slings from a waist-belt, rather than the usual baldric employed by Byzantines for straight double-edged swords.^[1]

References

^ Dawson, Timothy (2007) Byzantine Infantryman, Eastern Roman Empire c.900–1204, Osprey, Oxford, ISBN 978-1-84603-105-2, p. 25.

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[1] Dawson, Timothy (2007) Byzantine Infantryman, Eastern Roman Empire c.900–1204, Osprey, Oxford, ISBN 978-1-84603-105-2, p. 25.

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