The site, which likely once housed a roman cavalry unit, shows evidence of the respect soldiers had for their mounts.

Researchers believe the cavalry unit consisted of more than ... with his steed and grieved over the creature's death. The Roman soldiers must have marked the location of each grave because there ...

A lone red sock sits among the stop-you-in-your-tracks bronze cavalry helmets, crocodile-skin armour and other remarkable pieces that litter the halls of Legion: Life in the Roman Army at the ...

R oughly 1,800 years ago, a Roman cavalry horse died of unknown causes. The animal’s human rider, a Roman soldier, buried the creature in a shallow grave. As a parting gift, the soldier tucked a ...

"It was placed during or in the aftermath of the period of invasion of the island by the Roman army" in A.D. 60 or 61. Considering the items were located near a spring, whoever buried them ...

two army units were based at the fort: the First Tungrians, consisting of infantry, and the Ninth Batavians, a mix of infantry and cavalry. They were Roman in the sense that they belonged to the ...

The swords have long blades that were likely used by Roman soldiers or civilians while riding ... has unearthed a pair of 1,800-year-old Roman cavalry swords, still encased in the remnants ...

The skeletons, belonging to a military cavalry unit stationed in the area in the 2nd century A.D., offer a unique insight into the use of these animals in the Roman army and their relationship with ...

For example, one tablet is a letter from a Roman cavalry officer named Masculus to a prefect asking for more beer to be sent to the garrison. (An army marches on its stomach.) By far the most ...

AMMAN — The Roman Empire in the Middle East recruited so-called “dromedarii”, who were camel-riding soldiers in the desert provinces of the empire to replace classical cavalry. In this harsh arid ...