The toughest postings for soldiers were those at the frontiers of the Roman Empire, where legionnaires never had enough supplies, faced hostile local tribes and had to endure tedious routines.

It was, quite simply, an act of war. Huddled against the biting cold, many of the soldiers of the 13th Legion of the army of the Roman Republic had served under Caesar for much of the previous decade.

In 1954, the children’s novel ‘The Eagle of the Ninth’ popularised the legend of the disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion in Caledonia. Recent research has shown the Ninth was not ...

Because, for the most part, Legion: Life in the Roman Army isn’t about the top brass, but those rank-and-file grunts who served in the empire’s war machine of 300,000 troops. Hobnail boots ...

An author believes he has discovered a previously unknown battle involving a famous lost Roman legion. Using clues from aerial photography and chance finds in fields, archaeologist and Roman ...

A hoard of gold and silver Roman coins, found near Worcester and said to have been enough to pay a legionnaire's salary for six years, have gone on public display for the first time. The coins ...