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 rare and haunting discovery inside the skull of a Roman man who perished in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius has revealed his brain was transformed into glass—fossilised by an intense surge of ...

Huddled against the biting cold, many of the soldiers of the 13th Legion of the army of the Roman Republic had served under Caesar for much of the previous decade. They had witnessed the honing of ...

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 ...

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 ...

BCE, ancient Rome witnessed one of the most infamous betrayals in history, the assassination of Julius Caesar. Known as the ...

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 ...

He made an attempt to invade Britain, but instead declared war on the English Channel and ordered his soldiers to gather ... Every year, the citizens of the Roman Republic voted for who they ...