How The Gladius Became Ancient Rome's Most Iconic Weapon
The evolution of the Roman infantry sword weapons reveals a lot about the responsive and adaptive nature of Roman warfare ...
BBC1 年
Dead Sea reveals four 1,900-year-old Roman swords in cave
A cache of four excellently preserved Roman swords have been discovered by Israeli researchers in a cave overlooking the Dead Sea. Three of the 1,900-year-old weapons, whose iron blades are 60 ...
BBC5 年
Spatha Roman Sword
It turned out to be a remarkable find; a Roman sword; a spatha dated to the 2nd-3rd century AD and rare in Britain. It is one of only eight in the country, most of these were recovered from Roman ...
BBC1 年
Cotswold metal detectorist discovers Roman swords
Two rare Roman cavalry swords have been discovered by a metal detectorist. Found by Glenn Manning during a metal detectorist rally in March, the swords, which also had remnants of their wooden ...
Business Insider India1 个月
4 Roman-era swords were found perfectly preserved in their scabbards in a cave. They were ...
Israeli researchers made a rare find during a survey of a Dead Sea cave: Four perfectly preserved Roman swords thought to have been used in battle 1,900 years ago. The swords were likely "booty ...
National Geographic news26 天
The real ancient Roman plot that inspired 'Megalopolis'
Historians characterize the Catilinarian conspiracy as the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire—which director Francis Ford Coppola compares to modern-day America. The Roman Forum was a hub ...
BBC1 年
KS2 History: The Romans. 3: The Roman army
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 ...
PBS1 年
Mother and child
Families were dominated by men. At the head of Roman family life was the oldest living male, called the "paterfamilias," or "father of the family." He looked after the family's business affairs ...
Science News12 天
Roman Damascus Swords
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PBS8 年
A typical Roman temple
Roman worship was divided into the public and the private. Families would honor their household spirits while Rome had colleges of official priests to ensure that its actions met with divine ...
Forbes22 天
Ro (Roman) For ED Review
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