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How The Gladius Became Ancient Rome's Most Iconic Weapon
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 ...
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KS2 History: The Romans. 3: The Roman army
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 ...