The legionaries were the elite (very best) soldiers. A legionary had to be over 17 years old and a Roman citizen. Every new recruit had to be fighting fit - anyone who was weak or too short was ...
Researchers from Czechia and Germany examined a 14-kilogram clump of ancient Roman mail ... outside the Bonn legionary fortress in Germany. The findings suggest that soldiers stationed far from ...
Other materials on display were acquired from replica dealers by DePauw faculty. Prof. Foss, as a Roman Centurion, drilling students in his Hellenistic and Roman Art and Archaeology class on how to be ...
The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once hosted a Roman ...
Video: With Legion: Life in the Roman Army opening this week at the British Museum, LondonWorld takes a look around. A new exhibition at the British Museum looks at what it was like to serve in ...
While it is known this part of the Army went on to set ... paint a vivid picture of how the Roman occupation arrived in this part of the Midlands. "The Ninth Legion, nearly 6,000 men, would ...
Archaeologists have unearthed a unique grave of a Roman soldier “from year 0” in the Netherlands, shedding light on the ancient civilisation’s presence in the region. The 2,000-year-old grave was ...
The legionaries were the elite (very best) soldiers. A legionary had to be over 17 years old and a Roman citizen. Every new recruit had to be fighting fit - anyone who was weak or too short was ...