Gladius

Gladius is a pre-Hardmode shortsword dropped by Hoplites in the Marble Biome. Unlike other shortswords, Gladius attacks three times in quick succession making it one of the better shortswords despite its difficulty to obtain in early game.

Trivia

 * The tooltip of this weapon is a reference to the Oscar award winning movie from 2000 called "Gladiator".
 * It is one of the best shortswords in the game.