Historian Tristan Hughes investigates what it was really like to fight as a legionary soldier in the Ancient Roman ... with the Roman sword, optimized for penetrating armour.

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient ... soldier was a well-trained fighting machine. He could march 20 miles a day, wearing all his armour ...

The soldiers were the best trained, they had the best weapons and the best armour. The Roman army conquered a huge empire. A Roman soldier could march 20 miles a day, wearing all his armour and ...

VIENNA, Austria (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Archaeologists discovered a mass grave of over 100 Roman soldiers dating back to the ancient empire while renovating a sports field. Officials with the Wien ...