A Gladius depicted on the tomb stone of Quintus Petilius Secundus, a a Roman legionary born around AD 30. Heiko Fischer via Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-4.0 A continuing evolution – the Mainz ...

index. $30.00. ISBN: 022675023X Well written, Gladius is a necessary work for scholars of Roman history, but will also prove interesting and informative reading for the arm chair historian as well.

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by ... Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword, called a gladius. This was his main weapon. He also carried a 'pilum' (javelin), a helmet ...

Internationalen Roman Military Equipment Conference (ROMEC), Xanten, 13.–16. Juni 2007, edited by Alexandra W. Busch and Hans-Joachim Schalles, Xantener Berichte 16, 99–106. Mainz ... Anejo de Gladius ...

JULIA: I just found this fragment of rusty metal. It doesn’t look like much but this was once a sword. A sword known as…the gladius! The gladius was part of the Roman soldier’s equipment ...

Families were dominated by men. At the head of Roman family life was the oldest living male, called the "paterfamilias," or "father of the family." He looked after the family's business affairs ...

But what exactly made the Roman army so successful ... Up close, he would thrust a deadly stabbing sword called a gladius and they used a large shield called a scutum to protect themselves.

Nearly 2,000 years ago this was the line that divided the Roman Empire from the rest of the world. Here in Germany the low mound is all that’s left of a wall that once stood some ten feet tall ...

Ancient masters of engineering, aqueduct builders created a vast network of pipes, channels, and bridges to bring water to Rome, creating in the process an enduring symbol of Roman civilization ...

Roman Anthony now sits at the No. 1 position in Baseball America’s annual Top 100 Prospects ranking after the Rays’ Junior Caminero — the original No. 1 — graduated from prospect status ...