Toledo Steel
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Toledo steel, known historically as unusually hard, is from Toledo, Spain
, which has been a traditional sword-making, steel-working center since about 500 BC, and came to the attention of Rome when used by Hannibal in the Punic Wars
. Soon, it became a standard source of weaponry for Roman Legions http://www.swordsfromtoledo.com/history.htm.
Toledo steel was famed for its very high quality alloy http://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/def_en/kap_5/advanced/t5_1_1.html#_1, whereas Damascene steel, a competitor from the Middle Ages on, was famed for a specific metal-working technique http://www.aceros-de-hispania.com/toledo-swords.htm.
Toledo, Spain
Toledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.-Economy:...
, which has been a traditional sword-making, steel-working center since about 500 BC, and came to the attention of Rome when used by Hannibal in the Punic Wars
Punic Wars
The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 B.C.E. to 146 B.C.E. At the time, they were probably the largest wars that had ever taken place...
. Soon, it became a standard source of weaponry for Roman Legions http://www.swordsfromtoledo.com/history.htm.
Toledo steel was famed for its very high quality alloy http://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/def_en/kap_5/advanced/t5_1_1.html#_1, whereas Damascene steel, a competitor from the Middle Ages on, was famed for a specific metal-working technique http://www.aceros-de-hispania.com/toledo-swords.htm.