[SJackson]

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he and researchers are conducting further work to pinpoint who owned the weapons, where they were forged, and what historical events they could have been used in

Did Roman swords have serial numbers?

[TheWriterTX]

Sometimes the smiths would mark the blades or the handles.

They can also use metallurgical tests on small slivers to determine their composition, which can tie the back to certain regions of the world as the point of origin.

Pretty cool stuff!

[Eleutheria5]

There was common sense sword control, of course.

“Don’t let peasants have swords. They will kill you in your sleep for gang-raping their daughters in front of them.”

That was the law, back then.