Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword, called a gladius ... At the northern limit of the Roman Empire was Britain. Soldiers and their families found it to be a cold, remote, hostile ...

Three swords with iron blades were still protected ... Researchers believe the weapons were likely stolen from Roman soldiers by Judean rebels, who hid them away in the cave either for later ...

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 ...

Roman soldiers spent a long time training and practicing ... the soldiers on the outside stabbed at them with their swords. The Romans also had soldiers who were expert archers.

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 ...