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Toledo steel
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<p>Toledo steel, historically known for being unusually hard, is from <a href="/facts/Toledo%2c_Spain/uJx9PuV3">Toledo, Spain</a>, which has been a traditional sword-making, metal-working center since about the Roman period, and came to the attention of Rome when used by <a href="/facts/Hannibal/a3az4Rj6">Hannibal</a> in the <a href="/facts/Punic_Wars/xLAP8I6u">Punic Wars</a>. It soon became a standard source of weaponry for <a href="/facts/Roman_legion/qdmdg3Vb">Roman legions</a>. </p><p>Toledo steel was famed for its high quality <a href="/facts/Alloy/I7w7WQWR">alloy</a>. </p>