It was then secured by a team from the Częstochowa Museum for further analysis ... by Celtic auxiliaries in the Roman army during the first century CE. The spatha gradually became a standard ...

It turned out to be a remarkable find; a Roman sword; a spatha dated to the 2nd-3rd century ... stated are not those of the BBC or the British Museum. The BBC is not responsible for the content ...

A pair of metal detectorists bundled up and headed into a snowy forest in Poland. They hoped to find some artifacts from World War II — yet stumbled upon a much older and rarer weapon.

Proszowski and Lampa reported the find to archaeological officials, who tentatively identified it as a Roman spatha ... is being held at the Częstochowa Museum and will undergo further analysis ...