For more than 600 years, the chainmail worn by Roman soldiers was essential gear across the entire empire, no matter where a soldier was stationed. The further the frontier stretched from supply ...

In 1906, a trove of more than 100 brass and leather treasures was unearthed from the site of an ancient Roman fort in Scotland. Since then, the fragments — which once made up a piece of armor — have ...

For the first time in 2,000 years, a Roman arm guard can be seen in its entirety after a painstaking reconstruction that saw the assembly of dozens of found fragments. The piece of brass armor was ...

Journey through the centuries as we uncover the evolution of the Roman soldier. This video examines how arms, armor, and ...

What it tells us about the past: This tall, semi-cylindrical shield, which is in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, is one of the few surviving examples of a Roman "scutum," the most ...

In the days of the New Testament, you could see them everywhere and you could not avoid them. The “milites” or the legionary soldiers of the Roman emperor were an omnipresent fact of life. They ...

A recently reconstructed brass Roman arm guard, now green and discolored, "gleamed gold" 2,000 years ago. Duncan McGlynn Experts with National Museums Scotland (NMS) have carefully reconstructed a ...

Conservators in the U.K. have painstakingly reassembled a piece of Roman armor that was broken into more than 100 pieces. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time Augustus ...

Archaeologists pieced together an “ancient jigsaw puzzle” of more than 100 artifacts and reconstructed a Roman piece of armor in Scotland, according to the National Museums of Scotland. Photo (c) ...