Auxiliaries guarded forts and frontiers but also fought in battles, often in the front lines where it was the most dangerous. The Roman army was huge. It was divided up into groups called ...

Roman army re-enactors wearing armour and holding javelins. There were two main types of Roman soldiers: legionaries and auxiliaries. The Roman army was huge. It was divided up into groups called ...

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 ...

AMMAN – During the Roman occupation of the region, which gradually started in 1st century BC and continued in the following centuries, the relations between the Roman Empire, local nomads and ...

Gaius could have been a Roman soldier stationed with this unit or perhaps someone charged with liaison with the nomads. "If we are correct and these inscriptions were written by members of an ...