For example, one tablet is a letter from a Roman cavalry officer named Masculus to a prefect asking for more beer to be sent to the garrison. (An army marches on its stomach.) By far the most ...

The Breastplate The Roman breastplate protected ... As with the armor of ancient Roman soldiers, each element in the armor of God has a unique function. Missing one part of the armor would make ...

An ancient payslip uncovered by archaeologists ... "Fragment of a payslip belonging to Gaius Messius, a Roman auxiliary soldier in the Legio X Fretensis, found at Masada, dating to the time ...

HEERLEN, THE NETHERLANDS—The 2,000-year-old tomb of a Roman soldier—including evidence ... ArcheoProjecten near the intersection of two ancient roads, Via Belgica and Via Traiana, at the ...