A rchaeologists excavating a 4,900-year-old fortress in Almendralejo, southwestern Spain, have uncovered the burial of a man who may have been a Roman soldier. The solitary, shallow grave was ...

In fact, so many shoes have been found across the two sites, the Vindolanda archaeological trust maintains a "shoe specialist ...

In his encyclopedic GLADIUS: The World of the Roman Soldier (University of Chicago, $30), Guy de la Bédoyère collects pretty much every fact known about what it was like to be in the military ...

What was it like to be a Roman soldier? Learn about life in the Roman army and how Roman soldiers fought in this BBC Bitesize year 3/4 History guide.

A Roman soldier likely threw away the worn-out shoe about 2,000 years ago. The ancient Roman shoe fragments found at a playground in Haltern am See. Photo from LWL / J. Mühlenbrock ...

A wood and leather shield dating to around A.D. 250 is one of only a few complete Roman scuta ever found. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...