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 ...

It was generally used by Roman cavalry but found its way into ... used by the Hoplomachus. While swords and shields would not ...

Live Science notes that purposefully damaged weapons—such as “bent or broken swords, notched blades and flattened ...