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How The Gladius Became Ancient Rome's Most Iconic Weapon
one which would become the most popular of all the gladius forms. The Pompeii gladius By the mid 1st century AD, the Mainz type had been superseded in popularity by the Pompeii-type gladius ...
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Pompeii victim crushed by boulder while fleeing eruption
Archaeologists at Pompeii have uncovered the remains of an unfortunate man who was decapitated by an enormous rock while fleeing the volcano. Nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, killing many ...
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Pompeii: Vesuvius eruption may have been later than thought
Pompeii was famously destroyed on 24 August in 79 AD - or was it? Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered an inscription they say may show that the history books have been wrong for centuries ...