Based on initial examinations, experts believe it to be an ancient spatha sword, a weapon typical of Roman infantry. The ...

Four years ago, archaeologists from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Conservation (BLfD) discovered a child’s tomb at ...

Proszowski and Lampa began digging and soon unearthed a rusty ancient Roman sword, officials said. The ancient Roman sword as seen midway through excavations. Photo from the Inventum Association ...

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

For a modern audience, it’s tempting to valorize the Roman gladiator — strong, brave, fierce — as a masculine ideal. Indeed, ancient Rome ... clashes between sword-wielding warriors (and ...