here's what you've been waiting for gentlemen all right let's see it oh wow whoa during a meeting in
the war room charles barkhaus has just revealed to rick marty and the team one of the most incredible
objects they have ever seen what is it a sword a roman sword that is phenomenal this is something
that was found in the 1940s in mahome bay in the vicinity of oak island well wait a second
let's back up before we get into detail on this thing how did you come into the possession of this
what what how did we get this there was friends of dance isn't it yes they originally
started talking about it and then charles found out about it yes a roman sword
found in the waters of mahone bay just off the coast of oak island but how where did it come from
and what does it mean when i first saw that sword i thought this is unique i've never
seen anything like this it looked old it's patinaed you know it's not detailed anymore
and i suppose the salient point is how heavy it is appeared to be made out of bronze appeared to be
well weighted what year would this have been made somewhere between the second and third century a.d
it's a ceremonial gladius that was presented by the emperor comodos in honor of the sequitur
gladiators a ceremonial sword from the time of the roman emperor commodus ruling from
180 to 192 a.d lucius aurelius commodus was a flamboyant and ruthless leader who according
to contemporary accounts believed himself to be the reincarnation of the divine hero
hercules although most roman leaders were content to enjoy watching bloody gladiator
battles from their throne at the coliseum commodus actually participated in the carnage himself
could this sword actually have a direct connection to the infamous second century roman ruler was a
singularly a gift from the emperor yes supposedly yeah supposedly if it is real
does it authenticate any one theory it doesn't really because we don't think
it sounds like we don't really think the romans were here which means that somebody else had it i
mean wait a minute yeah why not look we've had the phoenicians here we've had the uh templars here
let's just put them put them on the list romans 2 romans 2. i love it i'd love it to be roman
although there has to date never been any credible evidence linking ancient romans to north america
over the years a number of ancient coins dating as far back as 200 a.d
have reportedly been discovered in nova scotia just a few hundred miles north of oak island
it has also long been theorized that the intricate system of underwater booby traps and the man-made
box drains discovered at smith's cove reveal a sophisticated knowledge of water displacement
similar in engineering to that used by the ancient romans in the building of their famous aqueducts
is it possible that the flood system believed to be on oak island
was not simply inspired by the ancient romans what was actually built by them
i'm already thinking the usual oak island what-ifs what do you think alex what's it mean i don't
know what it means it depends like you said if it's if it is what we think it is it's original
it depends how it got here i mean we do know pirates operated all along here from the coast of
brazil to newfoundland i mean it could have been stolen off another ship it doesn't necessarily
mean that the romans were here or the templars were here the visigoths or anybody else was here
you're going to get this analyzed right yes we found an expert in roman antiquities uh dr miles
mccallum at st mary's university and uh we're lining up a meeting to bring this to him and
have him look at it and see if he thinks it's real or not well look if it's real and probably
more importantly if it can be really documented that it was found here this is potentially a
huge game changer for what happened around here i mean i'll give it to you rick that's weird there
you go it's really weird i never you know i like it i love it it's pretty cool romans were here
perhaps
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