About 1,500 years ago, a powerful leader in present-day Denmark buried enough weapons and supplies to equip a small army. 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 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 ...

JULIA: I just found this fragment of rusty metal. It doesn’t look like much but this was once a sword. A sword known as…the gladius! The gladius was part of the Roman soldier’s equipment ...

The chieftain’s stash includes swords, spears, lances, chainmail and the only known Roman helmet ever found in Denmark. Researchers from the Cultural Museum in Vejle discovered the site while ...

Brodie said in the future he hoped to find something "really big", like a Roman sword. Gloucestershire and Avon Finds Liaison Officer Kurt Adams said it was probably an ecclesiastical seal ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its ... Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword, called a gladius. This was his main weapon. He also carried a 'pilum' (javelin), a ...