Rafał Proszowski and Mariusz Lampa from the Inventum Association spotted this artifact, which was confirmed by experts to be a spatha, a long sword that was used by Roman soldiers. According to ...

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 ...

According to experts, the sword was a rare and valuable find ... straight weapon that was used by Celtic auxiliaries in the Roman army during the 1st century C.E. By the 3rd century C.E., it ...

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.