“My favorite sword, hands down, has always been the gladius,” Lienhart said. The shortsword was the standard sidearm of the Roman legion ... cutting fullers — long, deep channels in the ...

The swords have long blades that were likely used by Roman ... spatha were typically “longer than the Roman gladius, which was often used by Roman foot soldiers,” as Jennifer Nalewicki writes ...

Archaeologists determined that due to their long, straight-edged ... was longer than the Roman gladius, which was often used by Roman foot soldiers. The newfound swords will soon undergo X-ray ...

Instead of shell casings or coins, the two metal detectorists and history enthusiasts unearthed a three-foot-long Roman-era sword that dates back nearly 2,000 years. “We’d never found anything ...

long. Such swords were used by horse-mounted troops during the late Roman Empire, as they needed a sword longer than the Roman gladius to fight efficiently, Bassler said. These swords later became ...

Four Roman-era swords, their wooden and leather hilts and ... two months ago and tells a story of empire and rebellion, of long-distance conquest and local insurrection. They were found in a ...

“A traditional Roman gladius ... hand-and-a-half sword mounted on a plaque. Photo: Sabersmith “That blade [shape] did not end up sticking around long-term,” Lienhart notes, but it ...