A lone red sock sits among the stop-you-in-your-tracks bronze cavalry helmets, crocodile-skin armour and other remarkable pieces that litter the halls of Legion: Life in the Roman Army at the ...

Ten cohorts would then form a legion, the largest unit in the Roman army. This unit also consisted of one hundred and twenty ...

For example, the wild boar was the emblem of Legio X, another famous Roman legion. The area where the jaws were found. Credit: JVRP / Legio Expedition But why were only the jaws buried? In other Roman ...

For “Legion: Life in the Roman Army,” which opened last week ... Among displays of ancient armor, children can try on a replica soldier’s helmet, and can measure their height to see if ...

Even more rare is what this site promises to reveal. Just one of the fallen has been identified as a Roman legionary so far. The rest—despite their Roman-style equipment—remain uncertain.

Picture: Supplied York, in northern England, was founded as a Roman legionary outpost in 71AD and later served as the provincial capital from the early third century, with occasional visits from ...

Located two miles from the Roman legionary fortress of Carnuntum along the Danube River and long known in Austria as “Odes Schloss” (which translates to the ‘Desolate Castle’), the ...