Rome's "Crisis of the Third Century" I enjoy Pen & Sword's ancient military histories ... reconstituted the eastern Roman army (again, around 60,000), intending to punish Sapur for new aggressions.

With the scale of the military problems Rome faced in the third century, the Roman army grew larger. By the time of ...

He was only paid a third of a legionary’s wage. 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.

Until now. Bite marks found on the hip bone of a gladiator, known as 6DT19, who fought and died in Roman Britain in the 3rd century C.E. have been put forward as the first such proof.

The Egyptian archaeological mission affiliated with the Supreme Council of Antiquities announced the discovery of a group of ...