From the
Arms and Equpiment Guide:
Weapons & Armor Common since the Stone Age:
Club, dagger, dart, handaxe, javelin, quarterstaff, shortbow, shortspear, sling. Bark, bone, cord, hide, leather, leather scale, wicker, & wood armor.
Uncommon Weapons during the Stone Age:
Whip
Weapons & Armor Common since the Bronze Age:
Throwing axe (francisca), battleaxe, club, dagger, dart, gauntlet & spiked gauntlet (as cestus), greataxe, greatclub, handaxe, javelin, light lance, longbow, longspear, longsword (as the Roman spatha), mace (any), net, quarterstaff, shortbow, composite shortbow, shortspear, sickle, short sword, trident, warhammer, whip. Leather, leather scale, padded, & studded leather armor.
Uncommon Weapons during the Bronze Age:
Flail (any), kama & nunchaku (in the East). Breastplate, lamellar, & scale mail armor.
I'd say that the longbow should be rare; longswords shouldn't be too common early on--and should be the weapon of chieftains & Roman cavalrymen. Short swords should be the most common form of sword, & it could be expanded to be a slashing weapon as well as a piercing weapon (maybe both in some cases). I'd include the khopesh & sapara as well (for Egypt).
As for armor, I'd say that the Roman lorica segmentata could be represented by banded mail (or masterwork banded mail). Scale mail shirts & chain mail shirts are also viable. Mainly wooden shields, but an occasional light metal shield would be ok (not steel, though--perhaps bronze).
And, for pictures, you could try the
Museum Replicas online catalog.
