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This 2,000-Year-Old Roman Helmet Used to Look Like a ‘Rusty Bucket’. Now It’s Restored Almost to Its Former Glory
This was no ordinary foot-soldier headgear. As conservators painstakingly peeled off the many layers of rust and soil, they realized this was a Roman cavalry helmet (equites) of extraordinary ...
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What was life like in the Roman army?
After a burst of arrows, the Roman soldiers marched towards the enemy. At the last minute, they hurled their javelins and drew their swords, before charging into the enemy. Then the cavalry ...
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The Roman army
The Romans also had soldiers who were expert archers. They could accurately bombard an enemy with arrows from hundreds of metres away. The Roman’s also had cavalry units. Mounted on trained ...
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The U.S. Cavalry: Soldiers of a Nation Policemen of an Empire
Bielakowski, “United States Army Cavalry Officers and the Issue of Mechanization ... Whittaker, Frontiers of the Roman Empire: A Social and Economic Study (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, ...