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Originally Posted by TippetsTX
TFT has already established that a BROADSWORD can refer to many other bladed weapons, after all.
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In principle you're right, a name is just a name. But people will use the name to settle questions like "Does the armour contain iron?" and "Can the armour be folded up to fit in a backpack?" so in practice it tends to bleed over.
Reality is that as technology improves both the coverage and the materials technology gets better. The Roman armour-making skills just weren't good enough to cover everything the way the Renaissance did.