Historian David Soria dedicates a monumental biography, with special emphasis on military matters, to the first Caesar of ...

Adorned with a silver pin and a sword, he may have been a Roman soldier — but large nails near his neck, back and feet offer tantalizing evidence that he was restrained at death.

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.

In the dense forests of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, experts from the INVENTUM Association discovered a nearly 2000-year-old Roman sword. According to Turystyka WP, the find was made in the ...

However, an arch-shaped grave contained the remains of an individual who had been buried with weapons, including a bent spatha — a type of long, straight sword from the late Roman period (A.D ...

While initially thought to be body armor or a thigh guard, the relic was only recently recognized for its true function in the 1990s. As worn by a Roman legionary, the armored sleeve would have ...

What began as an extremely rare discovery of two Roman swords by a metal detectorist has led to an enormous Early-Middle Iron Age find in the Cotswolds in south-west England.

July 04, 2025 at 12:01am BST An Iron Age Roman settlement has been discovered following a rare sword find, archaeologists have revealed. The excavation near a Cotswolds village has revealed what ...

Historical reconstructions set during Roman times were a popular staple of early European cinema, culminating in the 1914 epic “Cabiria,” still considered one of the most lavish films ever made.

Mentioned first in a 1 AD biography of Alexander the Great, the gladius sword was the standardized weapon for the feared Roman foot soldiers. It was shot and double-edged, which made it a ...