They were shorter than the Roman gladius used by foot soldiers and had features found in spatha, a weapon with long, straight blades. The blade's elevation combined with other qualities made the ...

A Roman soldier may have lost it or it is possible ... of a ritual but may have been bent in a process by which Spanish spatha were tested for quality where they would bend the blade which would ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a unique grave of a Roman soldier “from year 0” in the Netherlands, shedding light on the ancient civilisation’s presence in the region. The 2,000-year-old grave was ...

A Roman soldier may have lost it or it is possible ... of a ritual but may have been bent in a process by which Spanish spatha were tested for quality where they would bend the blade which would ...