VIENNA -- As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an ...

He was only paid a third of a legionary’s wage. Auxiliaries guarded forts and frontiers but also fought in battles, often in the front lines where it was the most dangerous. The Roman army was huge.

straight weapon that was used by Celtic auxiliaries in the Roman army during the 1st century C.E. By the 3rd century C.E., it became common in the Roman infantry. The Roman cavalry also used a ...

A Roman settlement found in Bulgaria next to the Via Militaris ... possibly linked to the Gothic raids of the mid-3rd century AD. Archaeologists also found storage remains, such as large pithoi ...

Rome's "Crisis of the Third Century" I enjoy Pen & Sword's ancient military histories ... reconstituted the eastern Roman army (again, around 60,000), intending to punish Sapur for new aggressions.