User blog comment:Elgb333/Duel of the Beastmasters: Ramses II vs Marcus Aurelius/@comment-5795750-20160518120408

BG1's "Hmmm... this looks familiar" Edges:

Sword: Easily the edge goes to the gladius because it is longer, is double-edged meaning it does well in the stabbing department as well as slashing and is made of a much better material than the bronze khopesh. Sure Leo did make a point in a battle some time ago about bronze weapons potentially being better than iron weapons in some departments but since Marcus Aurelius is using weapons crafted well after the Iron Age, it is possible that the iron-crafting techniques the Romans used to make their swords are more refined than Iron Age techniques giving the gladius greater durability than bronze

EDGE: Marcus

TBF