[quote=HazmatMedic]
The era IS pre-500 AD, but if anything could logically exist before then, it's okay.For example, the Italian dagger, know as a cinquedea, was created roughly 1500 AD but as it is just a very long knife it is acceptable for someone in your army to have it.
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Mmmmm.... I would actually be very careful with that, as that pretty much gives people free-license to insert whatever they want by ways of building logic-bridges. It would really be for the best if we simply stuck with pre-500 and the hundred or so years around that time-line, that way it would give people a good time-frame to work with and ensure that everyone is on an even playing field more or less.