Thus, the other chlorophylls in the photosystem and antenna pigment proteins all cooperatively absorb and funnel light energy to the reaction center. Besides chlorophyll a, there are other pigments, called accessory pigments, which occur in these pigmentâprotein antenna complexes.
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Gladius (Latin: glÄdÄ­us) was one Latin word for sword and is used to represent the primary sword of Ancient Roman foot soldiers. Early ancient Roman swords were similar to those used by the Greeks.From the 3rd century BC, the Romans adopted swords similar to those used by the Celtiberians and others during the early part of the conquest of Hispania. This sword was known as the Gladius Hispaniensis, or  Hispanic Sword.he sword was 58 cm (23 in) long. The Chiusian sword was created from a single bloom by forging from a temperature of 1237 Â°C. The carbon content increased from 0.05â0.08% at the back side of the sword to 0.35â0.4% on the blade, from which the authors deduce some form of carburization may have been used.