The sword's length indicates they were cavalry weapons used by warriors on horseback, according to Smithsonian Magazine. They were shorter than the Roman gladius used by foot soldiers and had ...

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 doesn’t look like much but this was once a sword. A sword known as…the gladius ... groups of around 80 to 100 men. There was also cavalry and archers. The army was grouped into legions ...