It turned out to be a remarkable find; a Roman sword; a spatha dated to the 2nd-3rd century AD and rare in Britain. It is one of only eight in the country, most of these were recovered from Roman ...

Amidst the dense forests of the Kraków-Częstochawa Upland in southern Poland, a pair of metal detectorists searching for ...

Based on initial examinations, experts believe it to be an ancient spatha sword, a weapon typical of Roman infantry. The ...

JULIA: I just found this fragment of rusty metal. It doesn’t look like much but this was once a sword. A sword known as…the gladius! The gladius was part of the Roman soldier’s equipment ...

At the bottom, pendant wreaths of oak-leaves reach to the other side, and there enfold a Roman sword. The hilt is heavy and all gilt. The "grip," or handle, has a niche at the back, in which ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its ... Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword, called a gladius. This was his main weapon. He also carried a 'pilum' (javelin), a ...