One of the biggest mysteries of Roman Britain is the disappearance of the Ninth Legion. As 5,000 of Rome’s finest […] ...

"The mass grave in Simmering is the first physical evidence of combat actions from this time and points to the localization ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sometime between the mid-first century and early second century CE, Roman legionaries clashed with Germanic fighters near the ...

The Roman expansion of the town of Vindobona, which later became Vienna, “from a small military site to a full-scale legionary fortress ... on the lives of the soldiers and their living conditions.

“You’re holding a nail from a Roman soldier’s sandal,” she ... in A.D. 9, three crack legions of Rome’s army were caught in an ambush and annihilated. Ongoing finds—ranging from ...

Illus., maps, append., notes, biblio., index. $29.95. ISBN: 1781553343. The Roman Army in Transition English military historian and reenactor Elliott, author of The Last Legionary: Life as a Roman ...

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 ...