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 ...

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 ...

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 ...