I was reading up about the Falx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falx) and saw the sentence
At the time of the Dacian wars researchers have estimated that only ten percent of Spanish and Gallic warriors had access to swords, usually the nobility. By contrast Dacia had rich resources of iron and were prolific metal workers. It is clear that a large percentage of Dacians owned swords, greatly reducing Rome's military advantage."
This makes me wonder what the other 90% of the auxillaries had as weapons. Were it spears? Clubs? Something else?
Or am I misreading the sentence?
From Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic Wars, he mentions different uses throughout the tribes of Gaul. Use of tight phalanxes from the Helvetii (modern Switzerland), Javelins from the Nervii (modern Belgium), and arrows from the Averni (modern France). The earlier Celts also loved fighting with chariots when possible (anecdotal sidenote, a friend of mine always loves to brag about how the Celts invented drive-by's). One very note worthy part of their army is the use of the carnyx which was a tall horn used to regulate troops and guide formations and initiate movements. They were used throughout iron age Europe as well, even by your aforementioned Dacians. But as far as it goes, it seems to be the trite weapons of poor Europeans of the age that we continue to see after the fall of Rome; spears, shields, bows and arrows.
Edit: a word