4MAIN WEAPONS CARRIED BY THEM WERE GLADIUS, PUGIO AND PILUM
Roman soldiers used a variety of weapons.
Apart form these three, other weapons used by Roman soldiers include lead-weighted darts called plumbata; falx, a curved blade that was sharp on the inside edge; and a composite bow (arcus) with an arrow (sagitta).
Painting is an ancient medium and even with the introduction of photography, film and digital technology, it still has remained a persistent mode of expression. So many paintings have been limned over dozens of millennia that only a relatively small percentage of them could be construed as "timeless classics" that have become familiar to the public—and not coincidentally produced by some of the most famous artists of all time. We, of course, have our opinion of what makes the grade and we present them here in our list of the best paintings of all time.