A Roman soldier could march 20 miles a day, wearing all his armour and equipment ... wall against people they described as barbarians. Now, for the Romans, barbarians were local tribes who ...
A payslip belonging to a Roman auxiliary soldier, posted on Twitter back in March 2019 by archaeologist Joanne Ball, shows that the imperial grunt was left penniless immediately after getting paid ...
The discovery reinforces the theory that Hadrianopolis was not only a cultural center but also a strategic military enclave of the Roman Empire. Hadrianopolis. During the Roman period, the ancient ...
Now, for the Romans ... A centurion watches men training. After a long day’s march, Roman soldiers had to build a camp, complete with a ditch and a wall of wooden stakes. The next day, they ...