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 ...

A new show at the British Museum is turning the spotlight on the soldiers that helped build and safeguard Roman rule. “Legion ... journey of a notable Roman soldier, Claudis Terentianus ...

The cornerstone of their success was found in their organization, with every soldier ... Ten cohorts would then form a legion ...

At its peak, the Roman empire numbered some 60 million inhabitants ... The job was dangerous: once a soldier began his 25-year term of service, "medical discharge, dishonour, retirement or death ...

Your book raises questions about the virgin birth of Jesus, even pointing to ancient evidence that Jesus might have been fathered by a Roman soldier, possibly by rape. But before I ask you about ...

and reliable estimates point to the quantity of earth and stones a Roman soldier was able to move in one day,” said Hai Ashkenazi, head of the geoinformatics department at the Israel Antiquities ...

and probably belonged to a Roman soldier who lost his life in battle. Few examples of this type of shield have survived over the millennia, even though it is well known from depictions in art.

An ancient Roman villa in northern France also had a ... 1908 — and the body was identified as a German soldier from World War I, researchers said, confirmed by the discovery of his ...