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 ...
This rare Roman jug, decorated with female figure on the handle, from the collection of the Hunterian Museum was selected by Louisa Hammersley, postgraduate student at the Department of ...
The sword's scabbard also survives, decorated with a scene showing the ... Roman era reenactor holding a replica late Roman spatha. Matthias Kabel via Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-3.0 There are ...