From a small village on the Tiber to one of the greatest empires in history, Rome’s success rested on the might of its ...

Throughout the history of Rome, from the republic to the age of empire, the Roman Legions were the best conventional fighting ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time ...

Researchers suggest that when Roman legions were at the empire's remote northern frontiers, they relied on local craftspeople for equipment repairs.

In extreme circumstances, soldiers were required to conserve ... that was found in a shallow pit in 2012 outside of Bonna, a Roman legionary fortress in what is today Bonn, Germany.

They traced the pottery to ancient Italy, confirming that Flaccus was indeed a Roman soldier. Previous digs in the region, unearthing pottery shreds, could not prove the presence of a settlement ...

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 ...

Archaeologists discover tomb of Roman legionary Flaccus in the Netherlands ... in Heerlen (Netherlands), an exceptional discovery was made: the tomb of a Roman soldier named Flaccus. This find, dating ...