Military brats of ancient Rome ... edge of the Roman Empire. Archaeologists who have been excavating the cavalry barracks at the fort this summer found two wooden toy swords, one with a polished ...

Part of a growing assemblage of ancient weapons found in unassuming places, the swords were part of standard-issue weaponry for Roman soldiers stationed in the Judea region during the Roman period.

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

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 ...

It doesn’t look like much but this was once a sword. A sword known as…the gladius ... It’s similar to the many hundreds of forts across Ancient Rome, with its rectangular layout, rounded ...

Israeli archaeologists have discovered four Roman-era swords with their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave near the Dead ...

It was filled with ancient metal artifacts, including two expertly crafted 2,300-year-old swords still in their ... Celtic tribes attacked and defeated Roman forces at the Battle of Allia.