The viral nature of the term “Roman Empire” makes it easy to forget the trend started because ancient Rome had one of the most unforgettable armies in history. A new show at the British Museum is ...
Life in a Roman legion was nasty, brutish and, providing a legionary survived his 25-year enlistment, a long march to citizenship and wealth. “Legion,” now at the British Museum, is a superb ...
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At its peak, the Roman empire numbered some 60 million inhabitants and controlled everything "from Mesopotamia all the way to Hadrian's Wall", said Nick Clark in the Evening Standard. Stationed across ...
In 9 AD, three Roman legions marched deep into Germania believing the region was pacified. Instead they walked into one of the most devastating ambushes in Roman history, as Arminius united the tribes ...
For centuries, historians have wondered whether Roman soldiers may have traveled farther east than anyone expected. In ...