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Horseman's axe, circa 1475. The blade's punched decoration suggests German make. This is an example of a battle axe that was tailored for the use of a mounted knight. The wooden haft is modern. A battle axe (also battle-axe, battle ax, or battle-ax) is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were specialized versions of utility axes.
The Bad Axe Massacre was a massacre of Sauk (Sac) and Meskwaki (Fox) Native Americans by United States Army regulars and militia that occurred on August 1–2, 1832. This final scene of the Black Hawk War took place near present-day Victory, Wisconsin, in the United States.
Battle-axe (woman), an aggressive, domineering and forceful woman; Battle Ax, a shield volcano in the Cascade Range of Oregon; Corded Ware culture, sometimes known as "Battle Axe culture" The Varangians, sometimes known as "Battle-axe Guards"
A young woman modeling a 'naughty nurse' costume with plastic 'syringe' and high heel sandals illustrates the stereotype of sexualized female nurses. A stereotype is a widely held and fixed notion of a specific type of person and is often oversimplified and can be offensive. [ 1 ]
Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. [1] No one else was charged in the murders, and, despite ostracism from other residents, Borden spent the remainder of her life in Fall River.
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, described as the Varus Disaster or Varian Disaster (Latin: Clades Variana) by Roman historians, was a major battle between Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire that took place somewhere near modern Kalkriese from September 8–11, 9 AD, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed three Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus and their auxiliaries.
The tabarzin (saddle axe) (Persian: تبرزین; sometimes translated "saddle-hatchet") is the traditional battle axe of Persia . It bears one or two crescent-shaped blades. The long form of the tabar was about seven feet long, while a shorter version was about three feet long.
Just about every axe they forged was single headed. [18] [19] Vikings most commonly carried sturdy axes that could be thrown or swung with head-splitting force. [20] The Mammen Axe is a famous example of such battle-axes, ideally suited for throwing and melee combat. [21] An axe head was mostly wrought iron, with a steel cutting edge. This made ...