TIG welding. n. 1. (General Engineering) tungsten-electrode inert gas welding: a method of welding in which the arc is maintained by a tungsten electrode and shielded from the access of air by an inert gas.
The blade of the classic Roman stabbing sword, the gladius, was only some two feet long, though in the twilight years of the empire the gladius gave way to the spatha, the long slashing sword of the barbarians. Read More. in tactics: The legion. ...as a team.
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.