The first reports of gladiators (the name comes from the type of sword they used: the gladius) appears around 264BCE, 2300 years ago, back when Rome was still a republic and didn’t have an ...

A sword known as…the gladius! The gladius was part of the ... It’s similar to the many hundreds of forts across Ancient Rome, with its rectangular layout, rounded corners and ditches around ...

The sword's length indicates they were cavalry weapons used by warriors on horseback, according to Smithsonian Magazine. They were shorter than the Roman gladius used by foot soldiers and had ...