The Roman Empire was created ... of service for a soldier during the first century AD was twenty years. Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword, called a gladius.

After reading about the discovery of these Roman swords, read the story of the man who governed Judea a little over a century before the Kokhba Revolt, Pontius Pilate. Then, learn about another ...

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 ...

He carried a long, straight sword and a large shield ... across the Italian peninsula. By the first century, gladiators were in such high demand that even Roman citizens began volunteering to ...