Archaeologists in Vienna discover a mass grave of Roman soldiers dating back 2,000 years, victims of a brutal defeat against ...

Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome ...

What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle Where it is ... huge amount of information about how this piece of armor was made. Several layers of wood strips were ...

The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing ... There were also several pieces of scale armor, which became customary around ...

An auxiliary was a soldier who was not a Roman citizen. 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 ...

“Within the context of Roman acts of war ... cross-checked against known history of relics found in the grave – armor, helmet cheek protectors, the nails used in distinctive Roman military ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by ... The minimum term of service for a soldier during the first century AD was twenty years. Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword ...