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Two decorated swords

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   Exhibitions
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One of our international loans for the section of Hadrian’s Cavalry exhibition at Arbeia Roman Fort is a complete sword blade with inlaid decoration. This was chosen to be a companion piece to our own (incomplete) blade, which is also… Read more