An exceptionally preserved 30-pound Roman chainmail, found in 2012 in Bonn, Germany, reveals how ancient soldiers repaired and recycled their armor when they had to take matters into their own ...

He could march 20 miles a day, wearing all his armour and equipment ... This modern painting shows Roman soldiers at Birdoswald Fort (Hadrian's Wall). A centurion watches men training.

Archaeologists found the skeletons of 19 Roman soldiers, complete with all their weapons and armor — including the scutum — in a tunnel under a fortification tower. While these soldiers may ...

Roman army re-enactors wearing armour and holding javelins ... The man in charge of a century was known as a ‘centurion’. Image caption, Artillery soldiers fired giant catapults called ...