Were the soldiers of the late Roman Empire truly weak and undisciplined, or is that just a myth? This video reevaluates their training, equipment, and real battlefield performance. Major Backlash ...

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Archeologists discovered a heavily handled penis pendant at a fort erected near northern England landmark Hadrian’s Wall and believe it was used by a Roman soldier as a good luck charm.

The animal’s human rider, a Roman soldier, buried the creature in a shallow grave. As a parting gift, the soldier tucked a few mementos into the crook of one of the horse’s legs: two jugs and ...

a type of footwear used by Roman soldiers. The museum wrote that the dagger was instrumental in the dating because its style was in use from the middle of the first century A.D. to the beginning ...

Could you survive as a Roman soldier on Hadrian's Wall? Join the History Hit YouTube team as we discover what life was like for Roman legionaries and auxiliary troops on the northern frontier of ...

a mass grave dating back to the first century CE and Roman empire. The gravesite contained the skeletons of potentially over 150 soldiers. According to archeologists, the discovery is as dark as ...

The remains of about 150 Roman soldiers have been discovered beneath a soccer field in the Austrian capital of Vienna, indicating a fierce battle against Germanic warriors happened there in the ...

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(CNN) — The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of more than a hundred soldiers who died in combat.

They were most likely professional Roman soldiers, according to David Potter, a professor of Greek and Roman History at the University of Michigan who was not involved in the research.

Nothing remains of this mysterious structure, though researchers posit it could have served as a bathhouse for Roman soldiers. Still, what’s been discovered offers clues. Among the finds is a ...