Learn about life in the Roman army, what life was like as a Roma solider and how Roman soldiers fought in this BBC Bitesize year 5/6 primary history guide.

Bettany Hughes explains the significance of Hadrian’s Wall and uncovers what life was like for Roman soliders in Britain. Suitable for teaching History at KS2 level and Second level.

Hadrian, who ordered the wall to be built in 122CE after a visit to Britannia, had a different vision of empire than his predecessors, says Frances McIntosh, curator for English Heritage’s 34 ...

Children and infants living in and around Roman military bases around the first century wore shoes that revealed the kids' social status, according to new research presented here Friday (Jan. 4 ...

For Roman soldiers stationed on the frontier of the Empire, repairing armor meant recycling, the more precious metals became. The research is based on a 30-pound chainmail hoard found in Bonn, ...

The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of more than a hundred soldiers who died in combat.

Built during the republic and empire, a vast network of roads made moving goods and troops easier through all corners of the Roman world. Begun in 312 B.C., the Appian Way is perhaps the most ...

Excavations of the northern defensive ditches of Magna Fort have revealed 32 shoes buried in the “semi-anaerobic low oxygen deposits,” according to a July 2 news release from the Vindolanda Charitable ...

A recent study published in the journal Antiquity sheds new light on how Roman soldiers maintained and repaired their chainmail armor on the empire's northern frontiers. Researchers from Czechia ...

Perfectly-preserved road that led Roman soldiers to London from the coast is found after 2,000 years. A father and son bought a building in Rochester to turn it into a shop ...