Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword, called a gladius ... had been born in an army camp and was a mascot to the Roman legions. At first, the arrival of Germanicus and his family ...

In the dense forests of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, experts from the INVENTUM Association discovered a nearly 2000-year-old Roman sword. According to Turystyka WP, the find was made in the ...

but they lacked the organisation and military tactics of a Roman legion. The Romans were tightly disciplined and relied on a short stabbing sword in combat. Their front line was made up of ...