“Legion: Life in the Roman Army” transports visitors to the ... the artifact can be viewed in its entirety in millennia. “Sword and sandals, helmet and shield are all on parade here as ...

Life in a Roman legion was nasty, brutish and ... Curated by the British Museum’s Richard Abdy, “Legion” traces the life of sword and sandal through more than 200 objects across 10 spaces ...

Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword, called a gladius ... had been born in an army camp and was a mascot to the Roman legions. At first, the arrival of Germanicus and his family ...

The army was grouped into legions of about 4,800 men ... Julia discovers a fragment of metal - part of a Roman sword, called a gladius. Julia describes how the gladius was a standard part of ...