Forging a Roman Gladius Sword in the Modern Day How to Forge a Sword in Fire Think of it like a gruesome forensic recreation scene from Bones or the Mythbusters firing bullets into ballistics gel ...

The gladius sword became synonymous with the Roman Army's ancient conquests. Mentioned first in a 1 AD biography of Alexander the Great, the gladius sword was the standardized weapon for the ...

Two Roman cavalry swords have been discovered by passionate local metal detectorist Glenn Manning in the Cotswolds, England. They are almost 2,000 years old and were found alongside the remnants ...

Spatha swords gave horse-mounted troops a blade that was longer than the Roman gladius, which was often used by Roman foot soldiers. The newfound swords will soon undergo X-ray analysis.

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In his encyclopedic GLADIUS: The World of the Roman Soldier (University of Chicago, $30), Guy de la Bédoyère collects pretty much every fact known about what it was like to be in the military ...