Were the soldiers of the late Roman Empire truly weak and undisciplined, or is that just a myth? This video reevaluates their training, equipment, and real battlefield performance.

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Victoria was highly revered by the ancient Romans; during times of war, she was often credited for battlefield success.

The relief depicts a woman, identified by archaeologists as the goddess Victoria, or Victory, according to the release. The counterpart to Greek goddess Nike, Victoria personified victory and was ...

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A 2,000-year-old Roman military sandal with traction nails has been unearthed in Germany, offering a rare glimpse into ancient soldier life. “So-called caligae were mainly worn by Roman soldiers ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman sandal near an ancient military fort ... issued to Roman legionary soldiers and auxiliaries around that time. The nails in the sole provided ...

“The creation of a mass grave without cremation of the dead suggests a large number of casualties in combination with a lack of time and resources,” the museum wrote. “The battle ...

Several written accounts survive about Roman soldiers fighting with Germanic warriors along the frontier, but the mass grave is the first physical evidence of fighting at this time and place.

Radiocarbon dating traced the bones to approximately A.D. 80 to 234 — a period in which more than a dozen Roman emperors ruled, including Domitian and Trajan, who clashed with ancient Germanic ...

“Every skeleton examined so far has at least one injury that was inflicted at the time of death,” Michaela Binder, who led the dig, remarked. Thus, it seemed clear that the Roman soldiers had died ...

Barbarian warriors who toppled the Roman Empire were high on hallucinogenic drugs at the time of their great conquests ... "Since all ancient Germanic armies supplied their warriors with spoons ...