He also carried a 'pilum' (javelin), a helmet, armor, shield and a pack with supplies. Soldiers were rigorously ... taking plots of land near remote Roman forts. Rome was not always able to ...

In the hands of experienced Roman soldiers, the Manubalista was deadly: easy to move, quick to reload, and capable of launching a 7-inch, 70 mph armor-piercing projectile with terrifying accuracy.

An exceptionally preserved 30-pound Roman chainmail, found in 2012 in Bonn, Germany, reveals how ancient soldiers repaired and recycled their armor when they had to take matters into their own ...

In October 2024, a construction team came across a sea of skeletal remains while working on renovations to a soccer field in ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world ... they had the best weapons and the best armour. When the Romans invaded Britain, their army ...

VIENNA, Austria (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Archaeologists discovered a mass grave of over 100 Roman soldiers dating back ... an in-tact mass grave from ancient Rome is extremely rare since the ...

The Romans needed a powerful army to invade foreign lands and defend their empire. But what exactly made the Roman army so successful? Find out below: ANITA: The Romans in Scotland; the Roman army.

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

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome battled Germanic people nearly 2,000 years ago.