The man was carved sporting a Roman-era toga. The artifact was found buried in dirt, surprising experts how it had evaded discovery for so long. Immediately after the statue came to light ...

while senators could wear a white toga with the latus clavus, a broad purple stripe along the edge. Equestrian togas had a narrow purple stripe (clavus augustus). Roman society also involved a ...

The Romans occupied what's now Spain from 218 B.C. until roughly the fourth century A.D. The fortress burial included a " pugio " — the standard dagger of the Roman army — that suggests the dead man ...

Roman soldiers weren't always at war - they spent most of their time training for battle. They practised fighting in formation and man-to-man. Legionaries also patrolled their conquered ...

The Roman Senate started life as an advisory council ... and they alone had the honor of wearing the ‘latus clavus’ – the purple striped toga. In 27 BC, Augustus claimed he had restored ...

Roman soldiers weren't always at war - they spent most of their time training for battle. They practised fighting in formation and man-to-man. Legionaries also patrolled their conquered ...