Auxiliaries guarded forts and frontiers but also fought in battles, often in the front lines where it was the most dangerous. The Roman army was huge. It was divided up into groups called ...
At the core of the army were its legions ... taking plots of land near remote Roman forts. Rome was not always able to honor the important promise of land. In 14 AD, just after Tiberius had ...
A popular archaeology programme is set to return to North West Norfolk to carry out new investigations into the site of a ...
During the Roman occupation of the region, which gradually started in 1st century BC and continued in the following centuries, the relations between the Roman Empire, local nomads and inhabitants of ...
A Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall has been donated to the nation by its owner. Carrawburgh Roman Fort in Northumberland has been cared for by Jennifer Du Cane's family since 1950. Its remains lie ...
For the first time in memory, the Roman army was in retreat and the power of ... and the province was held by just three legions and a few forts. They managed to keep a fragile control on Britain ...
Auxiliaries guarded forts and frontiers but also fought in battles, often in the front lines where it was the most dangerous. The Roman army was huge. It was divided up into groups called ...