Machete Gladius

The Machete Gladius is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The wide blade at the head with an indentation into the blade towards the hilt is designed to give more weight to the head of the blade, allowing for more momentum with slashes. Like a machete it does bonus limb damage. It can be repaired with another machete gladius or regular machetes, possessing fairly high DPS due to it's speed.

Variants

 * Broad machete
 * Machete
 * Liberator

Locations

 * Sometimes carried by the Legion soldiers at Cottonwood Cove, most notably Aurelius of Phoenix, Decanus Severus and Canyon-Runner.
 * Sometimes carried by the Legion soldiers at Fortification Hill.

Appearances
The appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes

 * The sword is historically called a makhaira, notable variants include the kukri, xiphos and falcata. None of which were officially wielded by the Roman legions, but instead by their enemies.
 * "Gladius" is the Latin word for "sword".