Archaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the ...

The Roman army was spread across the entire globe, fighting huge campaigns that would require an enormous amount of supplies. One of the most important supplies would be the surplus of food, which ...

Two well-preserved Roman shoes from 2,000 years ago were recently found by volunteers at the Magna fort in the United Kingdom. The find "immediately drew impressed gasps" from the staff.

The Roman legions 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.

Find out more Books. Roman Military Equipment from the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome MC Bishop and JCN Coulston (Oxford, 2006). Roman Fortresses and their Legions by RJ Brewer (London, 2000). The ...

“Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: A Roman Legion” (from Trajan's Column) by Marco Dente. Published by Antonio Salamanca in the 16th century. Scholars have long maintained that Shabbat- and ...

Learn about life in the Roman army, what life was like as a Roma solider and how Roman soldiers fought in this BBC Bitesize year 5/6 primary history guide.

The Roman expansion of the town of Vindobona, which later became Vienna, “from a small military site to a full-scale legionary fortress occurred in that context,” said Adler-Wölfl.

Hadrian’s Wall in modern-day England marked one of the northern borders of the Roman Empire. But excavations along the wall are bringing to light a hidden history of the army and the Roman ...

Massive ancient Roman military fortress uncovered in one of Egypt’s ‘important strategic locations’ By . Fox News. Published May 19, 2025, 12:29 p.m. ET. Originally Published by: ...

People work on the excavation of a Roman mass grave from the end of the 1st century AD, in the Simmering district of Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.

Based on their findings, they think the Roman army built these structures—which are characteristic of Roman military engineering—to contain Spartacus and his army in 71 B.C.E.