In the 2nd and 3rd Centuries AD, long and straight, double-edged swords were the norm for the Roman armies, slightly longer than the traditional gladius. This one, found on a dog walk in 2004, could ...

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 ...

Published Feb. 19 | Read More | In a Polish forest, metal detectorists discovered a Roman spatha sword, dating back over 1,700 years, near Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The sword, broken in two ...

Today, the shoegaze star is kicking off a new era with “Sword.” “‘Sword’ represents the shame and confusion people feel when loved ones hide them from the world,” Wisp explains.

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’s arguably one of the best swords in the game, or at least, while you hoover up all the side quests and activities in the Trosky region. It’s well worth learning the Sketch and smithing up one.

This time around, they found something more mighty: a big honking sword from the Middle Ages. The giant blade, which was clearly meant to be handled with two hands, was found alongside two axes in ...

Grimoires also pair exceedingly well with a good one-handed weapon like a sword. This allows you to cast spells and beat the hell out of enemies with rapid swings all at once. This Battlemage ...

There is something quite relaxing in sword fighting games. Not in what you can see, of course, since you chop off enemies and can sometimes behead them. But the sword combat gameplay isn’t as ...

sraeli military Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir visiting soldiers in a buffer zone along the Syrian border on March 9, 2025. The conflict in Syria took a gruesome turn as reports emerged on ...