"The sword was owned ... blades and flattened shields — are often found in Przeworsk graves. This practice may have originated with the Celts and is sometimes called ritual killing or ...

Image caption, Re-enactors with Roman shields. Legionaries signed up for ... Old soldiers often retired together in military towns, called ‘colonia’. An auxiliary was a soldier who was not ...

Julia discovers a fragment of metal - part of a Roman sword, called a gladius ... tortoise') when the soldiers would place their shields side-by-side and overhead to create a defensive wall ...

The Roman Empire was ... (or 'miles') carried a short sword, called a gladius. This was his main weapon. He also carried a 'pilum' (javelin), a helmet, armor, shield and a pack with supplies.