The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of ...

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. By the time ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...

Editors Armstrong and Fronda have collected seventeen papers by fifteen scholars examining the various aspects of war and military service in the Roman Republic. The book opens with an essay by ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic was transformed into a dictatorship.

The gladius was part of the Roman soldier’s equipment which included ... Soldiers swore an oath of allegiance - a promise to serve the republic and later the emperor. Once they had joined ...

Commemorating the vassalisation of the Nabataean Kingdom to the Roman Republic, the Nabataean King ... In the eastern provinces, Roman army units often contained a few camel riders, who were ...

Originally published in 2018, and now available in paperback, in The Army of the Roman Republic, Prof Sage (University of Cincinnati, Emeritus) gives us a survey of the evolution and history of Roman ...

(CNN) — The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of more than a hundred soldiers who died in combat.