Experts in Denmark initially overlooked the “unusual” Roman item because it was buried with “enough weapons for a small army.

Archaeologists in Denmark found a “rare” Roman helmet ... “enough weapons for a small army,” could have come from “local warriors,” from the “spoils of war” or a combination ...

While gladiators may have used unique weapons, they also used implements of war that were more familiar throughout the Roman world. The foremost of these was the gladius, a type of short sword ...