Archaeologists found the skeletons of 19 Roman soldiers, complete with all their weapons and armor — including the scutum — in a tunnel under a fortification tower. While these soldiers may ...

The pilum was a Roman javelin crucial to the empire's military success. Its design featured a long iron shank with a pyramidal head, intended to bend upon impact, rendering enemy shields unusable.

London’s British Museum's latest exhibition invites visitors to step into the shoes of an ordinary Roman army soldier. From stone carvings to iron helmets, a new blockbuster exhibition at the ...

What it tells us about the past: This tall, semi-cylindrical shield, which is in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, is one of the few surviving examples of a Roman "scutum," the ...