The European Defence Agency (EDA) has selected the Projectiles for Increased Long-Range effects Using Electro-Magnetic (Pilum) consortium to lead research into an electromagnetic (EM) railgun. The ...

The pilum, a vital weapon in Rome’s imperial ambitions, was a simple iron spear fixed with two bolts onto a heavy wooden post. It was remarkably effective against an attacker charging at high speed.

Archaeologists have found four Roman swords and a shafted weapon known as a pilum dating from 1,900 years ago in a cave near the shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. The rare cache of weapons was found in ...

According to the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a total of 10,085,207 were arrested in 2019. However, this government resource has not been updated since to reflect the ...

Four remarkably preserved Roman swords “in almost mint condition” — with their wooden and leather hilts and steel blades still intact after 1,900 years — have been discovered inside a remote cave near ...

A cache of ancient weapons from the Roman period has been discovered hidden in a remote cave in Israel. The cache includes four exceptionally well-preserved Roman swords from 1,900 years ago, the ...

Four “excellently preserved” Roman-era swords were found in a cave overlooking the Dead Sea, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday morning. The rare weapons are believed to have been ...