Two 2,300-year-old swords discovered in a Celtic Iron Age necropolis in France "have few equivalents in Europe," and one is ...

The Roman Empire was created ... The minimum term of service for a soldier during the first century AD was twenty years. Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword, called a gladius.

The only other Roman sword that, like this sword, may be classed as 'accidental loss' was found near Chichester. A Roman soldier may have lost it or it is possible that it was a ritual offering to ...

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 ...

Pen and Sword / Philadelphia: Casemate ... The Military History of Late Rome, A.D. 284-361 is an invaluable read for anyone with an interest in the Roman army or Late Antiquity ...

$16.95 paper. ISBN: 0752459279 Soldiering in Late Fourth Century Roman Britain Drawing upon an academic background in ancient history and archaeology, and his own experience as a reenactor, Elliott ...