One of the biggest mysteries of Roman Britain is the disappearance of the Ninth Legion. As 5,000 of Rome’s finest […] ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time ...

The Roman army was very well organised. It consisted of several distinct units. Each legion was spit into smaller parts of 480 men called a cohort. These centuries were then further split up into ...

and that this process continued. Legions in Crisis is a good read for anyone interested in the Roman Army or in how military institutions learn and grow.

Huddled against the biting cold, many of the soldiers of the 13th Legion of the army of the Roman Republic had served under Caesar for much of the previous decade. They had witnessed the honing of ...

For the first time in memory, the Roman army was in retreat and the power ... and the province was held by just three legions and a few forts. They managed to keep a fragile control on Britain ...