Near the site of the ancient Roman legionary fortress in Bonn ... abandoned during the planned withdrawal of the community in the 3rd century AD. Left: Detail of the Great Ludovisi Sarcophagus (Rome), ...

Throughout the history of Rome, from the republic to the age of empire, the Roman Legions were the best conventional fighting ...

An auxiliary was a soldier who was not a Roman citizen. He was only paid a third ... A legion was further divided into groups of 80 men called ‘centuries’. The man in charge of a century ...