Archaeologists believe the swords were hidden by Judean rebels after they were seized from the Roman army as booty. "This is a dramatic and exciting discovery, touching on a specific moment in ...

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 ...

The swords, the archaeologists said, were weapons typically used by Roman soldiers stationed in Judea. "The hiding of the swords and the pilum in deep cracks in the isolated cave north of 'En Gedi ...

“The disposal of the swords in deep crevices in an isolated cave north of Ein Gedi suggested that the weapons were taken as booty from Roman soldiers or from the battlefield and were ...