Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization ... and the Samnites had a sword, an oblong shield and a helmet with a visor.

For fighting at a distance, a Roman soldier would throw ... Up close, he would thrust a deadly stabbing sword called a gladius and they used a large shield called a scutum to protect themselves.

This could lead to Roman Reigns forming his own version of The Shield in WWE to fight Rollins' Shield. While his former Shield brother, Jon Moxley, aka Dean Ambrose, can't come to Roman's aid ...

It doesn’t look like much but this was once a sword. A sword known as ... For nearly a thousand years, the Roman army was the most feared fighting force in the world, and it helped to grow ...

The discovery of a unique Iron Age shield and the excavation of a "lavish" Roman villa are to feature ... and had been damaged, probably by sword and spear strikes. Experts have since created ...