More than 10 percent of the entire imperial army had been wiped out—the myth of its invincibility shattered. In the wake of the debacle, Roman bases in Germany were hastily abandoned.

The Roman Army 31 BC - AD 337. A Sourcebook by B Campbell (London, 1994) Warfare and Society in Imperial Rome, c. 31 BC - AD 230 by B Campbell (London, 2002) The Making of the Roman Army from ...

Included amongst the finds were slingshots embossed with the stamp of the Roman army’s third legion, an Imperial Roman army which is known to have fought upon the battlefield below.

The extreme and rapid nature of Mount Vesuvius' pyroclastic flows vitrified the brain tissue of the unfortunate Roman soldier thousands of years ago.

Included amongst the finds were slingshots embossed with the stamp of the Roman army’s third legion, an Imperial Roman army which is known to have fought upon the battlefield below.