The Inspiration of the Roman Sword

Roman soldiers in the olden times have shields, helmets and Roman swords as weapons in battle. Roman Swords were made of steel, as the Roman Empire overlapped with the Iron Age. Since iron is a fairly soft metal, Roman Swords were made stronger by adding carbon to the iron creating a sword that was stronger and could be sharpened to a finer point.Roman Swords are believed to have been inspired by the daggers used by Celtic soldiers of the ancient world such as those used by the Gauls, a barbarian race that inhabited the regions that today make up France, Switzerland, and Northern Italy.