Accuracy of Attila's Sword?!

**Hae_Shin** · January 25, 2015, 03:20 AM

Hello guys, as the releasing date gets closer, things look much better in Attila Total War. However I've detected many ridiculous mistakes that should not exist in such a game. I (want to believe) that CA is working with professional advisers for the designing team. But it looks like some the desings in the games are too superficial like the clothing and armours for Sassanids suck. There was even a type of cavalry which the riders are wearing Saudi Arabian headwear.

Actually I have already seen many topics that some fans shared the inaccuracies that they have detected. But I see there is no one debating about the clothing of Huns. I'm really not satisfied with the armor stuff that Attila wears, looks totally inaccurate and moreover it doesn't fit to a ruler coz it looks very cheap.

Other than the armor and clothing, I've noticed that the sword that Attila is carrying looks like bronze age swords of Celts or some bronze age swords from Manchuria and Korea which someone basically can not use at 4th or 5th centuries. And it's too short in lenght for that age as well.

Sword from ancient Korean Mahan Confederacy (probably 1st century AD)

Swords from Korean Puyo State in Manchuria (1st or 2nd century AD)

I think the Hunnic swords of that era would resemlbe Germanic swords since they were under Germanic influence and probably they would combine it with their own mastery. In addition, they might have used ring pommeled swords. This kind of sword was used by Sarmatians before the arrival of Huns as well and it is a very hot debate that what is the root of these ring shaped pommels coz early Chinese have used it as well. After the disappearance of the people called Sarmatians from the history of steppe, ring-pommeled swords stayed in use over a very vast territory from Iran to China, up to the 8th century...

Sarmatian ring pommeld swords:

Chinese Han Dynasty swords:

**Linke** · January 25, 2015, 04:03 AM

That's whats in the game files is labelled either as an easten or nomadic Sword
I think they made him a little to much fantasy

**Karnil Vark Khaitan** · January 26, 2015, 03:48 AM

Originally Posted by Linke

That's whats in the game files is labelled either as an easten or nomadic Sword
I think they made him a little to much fantasy

Yep steppe_sword_02 I think? it is in rome 2.

**Brivime** · January 25, 2015, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by Hae_Shin

There was even a type of cavalry which the riders are wearing Saudi Arabian headwear.

There is no way in gods earth that the Eqal is "Saudi Arabian".

Saudi Arabia came about following the Arab Revolt when the al-Saud tribe from the Nejd region conquered most of the Arabian peninsula, they even attempted to take Kuwait but failed.

They massacred the inhabitants and force-converted the people to the teachings of Abdel-Wahhab and to this day the people of Hijaz resent the Nejdis and the state of Saudi Arabia.

Eqal was worn by all nomadic Arabs, the black rope on top was used to tie camels to posts and was worn by Arabs all the way from Eastern Egypt to East Anatolia.

**Hae_Shin** · January 25, 2015, 08:37 AM

Thank you for correcting, friend. You're right indeed. But wish you could share your thoughts on the debate as well.

**Brivime** · January 25, 2015, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by Hae_Shin

Thank you for correcting, friend. You're right indeed. But wish you could share your thoughts on the debate as well.

For the most part I agree with you, Attila's sword in the game looks like a recycled Steppe sword from ROME 2, in fact many items have been ported over from ROME 2 including the swords that the Eastern factions use.

However what we have seen so far I believe is all outdated from the preview build, I am hoping these are place-holders and CA will have something better by release.

Being a nomadic culture I think it's likely that Huns also used curved swords, or swords with curved handles.

A sword like this is often attributed to Attila and was also used by Turks, Persians and Arabs.