Roman Weapons News Today

The swords, found by the Israel Antiquities Authority in a recent survey, "look as if they could be picked up and used right now," a researcher said.

Four ancient swords of the Roman Empire were found miraculously preserved in a "small hidden cave" near the shoreline of the Dead Sea by Israeli researchers, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday.

The Romans were arguably one of the most successful conquerors of the ancient world. So what weapons helped them achieve that status.

Battle of the Teutoburg Forest Context and Background 12 B.C. Augustus, with Gaul now firmly in hand 1, has dispatched his adopted son Drusus (father of the Emperor Claudius) to conquer and pacify Germania barbara (trans-Rhenic Germany). The campaign, despite determined resistance from the Germans, is a success; the Empire, by the conclusion of the campaign, has added to 3. Germania Superior is now a nominal province of the Roman Empire, administered by the ex-consul Publius Quinctilius Varu...