In 1954, the children’s novel ‘The Eagle of the Ninth’ popularised the legend of the disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion in Caledonia. Recent research has shown the Ninth was not ...
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 ...
One arrives to the exhibition Legion: life in the Roman Army, which opened this month ... marching sandals and the soaring shadows of the eagle, the primary and most revered standard of the ...