Most soldiers in the Roman Empire came from countries outside ... how they miss their friends and their families and the good wine back at home. But the main thing that they seem to moan about ...

There were no cubicles. ROMAN SOLDIER: Oi you! Bring me more moss to wipe my back! A recreation of the gates and perimeter wall of a Roman fort at South Shields, north east England. When the ...

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 ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a unique grave of a Roman soldier “from year 0” in the Netherlands, shedding light on the ancient civilisation’s presence in the region. The 2,000-year-old grave was ...

A payslip belonging to a Roman auxiliary soldier, posted on Twitter back in March 2019 by archaeologist Joanne Ball, shows that the imperial grunt was left penniless immediately after getting paid ...