According to experts, the sword was a rare and valuable find ... straight weapon that was used by Celtic auxiliaries in the Roman army during the 1st century C.E. By the 3rd century C.E., it ...

The sword itself is identified as a spatha, a type of straight, long sword used by Celtic auxiliaries in the Roman army during the first century CE. The spatha gradually became a standard heavy ...

Instead of shell casings or coins, the two metal detectorists and history enthusiasts unearthed a three-foot-long Roman-era sword that dates back nearly 2,000 years. “We’d never found anything ...

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 ...