The answer: that stern old guardian of movie morals, the Roman Catholic National Legion of Decency. Despite its reputation as a censorious successor to Comstock, the Legion has lately changed into ...
At the core of the army were its legions ... kill expertly with all the weapons they carried. The toughest postings for soldiers were those at the frontiers of the Roman Empire, where legionnaires ...
The speed and ferocity of the attack would have the enemy panicking. The Pyrrhic War (280-275 BC) was the test for the ancient Greek warfare tactics against the Roman legions. Pyrrhus, King of Epirus ...
What would you do if, while serving on the Roman Empire’s northern frontier, you suddenly realized your chainmail needed repairing? An international team of scientists now thinks soldiers may ...
But what made the empire and its legions so effective ... specifically siege weapons. While the Roman army was capable of crushing its enemies on the battlefield, it was just as good at taking ...
This Roman distance slab of the Second Legion was found at Carleith Farm, about a mile west of Duntocher Roman Fort, Strathclyde Region, Scotland, and was picked by Kevin Grant, postgraduate ...
Kevin writes - This distance slab was found in 1812 in the Duntocher area of Clydebank, near to a roman fort. These distance slabs were made by the legions to mark the completion of a section of ...