The Roman Empire was created and controlled ... The minimum term of service for a soldier during the first century AD was twenty years. Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword, called ...
They first invaded Britain in 55 BC, by 79 AD the Roman army came here ... were called centurions. And each century was spilt up into ten groups of eight soldiers called a contuberniam.
The tomb is believed to belong to a soldier nicknamed "Flaccus ... the remains to the first half of the first century CE, coinciding with the early Roman establishment of Coriovallum in the ...
Metal Detectorists Find Rare 1st Century Coins; First of Its Kind to Be Unearthed From the European Mainland Two metal ...
The 404 coins, including 44 from Britain, are believed to be a mix of military pay and the spoils of war, stashed by a Roman soldier after he returned to the European continent ...
By the beginning of the first ... century BC. Julius Caesar and Augustus supported laws that allowed Jews protection to worship as they chose. Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around ...
Two metal detectorists in the Netherlands have found a hoard of first-century gold and silver coins, Live Science reports.