The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled ... He also carried a 'pilum' (javelin), a helmet, armor, shield and a pack with supplies. Soldiers were rigorously trained to march long distances ...

A Roman soldier was a well-trained fighting machine. He could march 20 miles a day, wearing all his armour and equipment. He could swim or cross rivers in boats, build bridges and smash his way ...

Archaeologists in Denmark found a “rare” Roman helmet buried by an ancient chief ... which included “enough weapons for a small army,” could have come from “local warriors,” from ...

JULIA: I just found this fragment of rusty metal. It doesn’t look like much but this was once a sword. A sword known as…the gladius! The gladius was part of the Roman soldier’s equipment ...

a chieftain buried an arsenal of weapons sufficient to equip a small army in two structures located northwest of Hedensted, Denmark. Archaeologists have just discovered it in Løsning Søndermark. The ...

Corinth declined in the centuries that followed, and the Roman general ... Experts say the helmet belonged to a hoplite, a kind of ancient Greek foot soldier who wore heavy armor to shield ...