VIENNA — As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an ...

Experts from the Częstochawa Museum secured the sword for analysis ... a type of long, straight weapon that was used by Celtic auxiliaries in the Roman army during the 1st century C.E. By the ...

For fighting at a distance, a Roman soldier would throw a long, iron-tipped spear ... Up close, he would thrust a deadly stabbing sword called a gladius and they used a large shield called ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time ...