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 ...

The spatha was not a new sword to the Roman army, as such, having probably been used since the 1st century AD by auxiliary soldiers from northern Europe, particularly by cavalry soldiers who would ...

A cache of four excellently preserved Roman swords have ... the Roman army The three swords that were still in their wooden scabbards were identified as Roman spatha, or long swords, while the ...