The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army ... asking for news and warm clothing. When they retired, every legionnaire was entitled to a plot of land ...

A payslip belonging to a Roman auxiliary soldier, posted on Twitter back in ... the military recouped expenses for food, equipment, clothes, and the like. As it turns out, getting screwed over ...

A recent study published in the journal Antiquity sheds new light on how Roman soldiers maintained and ... similar to mending worn-out clothing. This method was especially necessary along the ...