The spatha gradually became a standard heavy weapon used by Roman infantry in the third century ... The Przeworsk culture's decline in the late fifth century coincided with the invasions of ...

It turned out to be a remarkable find; a Roman sword; a spatha dated to the 2nd-3rd century AD and rare in Britain. It is one of only eight in the country, most of these were recovered from Roman ...

They confirmed that the sword dated back to the 3rd or 4th century C.E. and believed it was an ancient spatha ... late 5th ...