The sword itself is identified as a spatha, a type of straight, long sword used by Celtic auxiliaries in the Roman army during the first century CE. The spatha gradually became a standard heavy ...

In the 2nd and 3rd Centuries AD, long and straight, double-edged swords were the norm for the Roman armies, slightly longer than the traditional gladius. This one, found on a dog walk in 2004, could ...

A pair of metal detectorists bundled up and headed into a snowy forest in Poland. They hoped to find some artifacts from World War II — yet stumbled upon a much older and rarer weapon.

Proszowski and Lampa reported the find to archaeological officials, who tentatively identified it as a Roman spatha, a characteristic long sword used by horsemen, officials said. The weapon ...