Historian Adrian Goldsworthy reveals the brutal training, bureaucratic grind and uncertain rewards of life in the Roman ...

Mentioned first in a 1 AD biography of Alexander the Great, the gladius sword was the standardized weapon for the feared Roman foot soldiers. It was shot and double-edged, which made it a ...

Roman soldiers in Augustus’ day carried roughly 40 pounds on their back, including food, cooking utensils, swords, and other weapons ... in say modern-day Syria or Egypt.