What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle Where it is from: Dura-Europos, Syria When it was made: Second century A.D. Related: Babylonian tablet preserves student's ...

Image caption, Re-enactors with Roman shields. Legionaries signed up for ... It was divided up into groups called ‘legions’. Each legion had between 4,000 and 6,000 soldiers.

He also carried a 'pilum' (javelin), a helmet, armor, shield and a pack with supplies ... had been born in an army camp and was a mascot to the Roman legions. At first, the arrival of Germanicus ...

The army was grouped into legions ... and a helmet. Roman army well-trained and disciplined. Its tactics included the testudo ('tortoise') when the soldiers would place their shields side-by ...

KOSTOLAC, Serbia (Reuters) - Buried under a Serbian cornfield close to a coalmine, the well-preserved remains of a Roman legion's headquarters are being excavated by archaeologists who say its ...