Editing Common Sword

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{{Youmay|the '''basic sword of the Renaissance'''|the '''[[normal sword]]''' of the American Revolution}}
[[File:AcII-common-sword.png|thumb|250px|The Common Sword]]
A '''common sword''' was a [[Swords|sword]] of basic design in [[Italy]] during the [[Renaissance]]. It was a widely prevalent type of sword, sold across many cities including [[Florence]], [[Monteriggioni]], [[San Gimignano]], [[Forlì]], and [[Rome]]. Accordingly, it saw service with the militaries and [[guards]] of [[Europe]] in that period.

==Description==
The common sword bore a relatively simple design, being a double-edged straight sword with a typical hilt and crossguard. Compared to swords of other make during the Renaissance, common swords were mediocre and were among the cheapest in Italy. It afforded little protection and hosted one of the weakest of blades.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

==History==
On 28 December 1476, when the Florentine [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] and his sons [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]] were arrested on false charges of treason, he instructed his son [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] from his cell to retrieve all the contents within a chest left in his office at their [[Villa Auditore|villa]]. Ezio did as he was told, and aside from his father's Assassin uniform, a broken [[Hidden Blade]], and a letter with evidence of the [[Pazzi conspiracy]], he acquired a common sword. The following day during his family's execution at the [[Piazza della Signoria]], Ezio wielded the sword to defend himself from the guards ordered to kill him, only to lose it in the skirmish.<ref name="AC2" /> 

Following his journey to [[Monteriggioni]], [[Mario Auditore]] presented him with a replacement. Common swords were also wielded by other figures from the time, including [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], [[Francesco de' Pazzi]], and [[Rodrigo Borgia]].<ref name="AC2" /> In 1500, upon his arrival in Rome, Ezio was given this sword again by [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] as he had lost all of his equipment in [[Cesare Borgia]]'s [[Siege of Monteriggioni|assault]] on Monteriggioni.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

==Weapon statistics==
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|Era
|Damage
|Speed
|Deflect
|Cost
|Availability
|-
|15th century Italy
|1
|1
|2
|N/A
|Sequence 3
|-
|16th century Rome
|1
|2
|2
|N/A
|Sequence 1
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
WiSC 10.png|Lorenzo de' Medici and Francesco de' Pazzi wielding Common Swords
With Friends 6 v.png|Jacopo de' Pazzi being stabbed by Rodrigo Borgia with a Common Sword
</gallery>

==References==
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[[uk:Звичайний меч]]
[[Category:Swords]]
[[Category:15th century weapons]]
[[Category:16th century weapons]]