It was generally used by Roman cavalry but found its way into ... Another sword type was the gladius graecus, or the Greek sword. Like the Thraex, the Romans devised a type of gladiator based ...

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 ...