A legionary had to be over 17 years old and a Roman citizen. Every new recruit ... little bits of weapons and armour and like a detective, those are the clues that we use to find out what the ...

A legionary had to be over 17 years old and a Roman citizen. Every new recruit ... little bits of weapons and armour and like a detective, those are the clues that we use to find out what the ...

Examination of a 14kg hoard of mail armor near the Roman legionary fortress of Bonn, Germany, offers new insights into the logistics of recycling and repair along the Roman Empire's northern frontier.

“Brass armour like this would have been expensive ... and together they offer a tantalising glimpse into the life of a legionary in Roman Scotland.” When it was first unearthed the arm guard ...

For the first time in 2,000 years, a Roman arm guard can be seen in its entirety after a painstaking reconstruction that saw the assembly of dozens of found fragments. The piece of brass armor ...

Pieces of the armor were first discovered at the site of a Roman fort in 1906 ... you can picture the legionary who once wore it. It was both protection and status symbol – brass was expensive ...

Crawford expressed his appreciation for the funding: With it, "Bowdoin let me have this amazing experience in Israel," he said. The site is near Tel Megiddo in the Jezreel Valley, and is the first ...