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

is a female figure who is probably either the goddess Victory or a personification of the Roman province Britannia. She is placing a small wreath onto the eagle held by the legion's standard ...

This Roman distance slab of the Second Legion was found at Carleith Farm ... interesting even before the antiquarians of the 19th century began to take a more concentrated interest in Roman ...