The nearly complete skeleton, with severed feet and a pugio on the back, leaves the cause of death and burial a "real mystery ...

The legionaries were the elite (very best) soldiers. A legionary had to be over 17 years old and a Roman citizen. Every new recruit had to be fighting fit - anyone who was weak or too short was ...

Other materials on display were acquired from replica dealers by DePauw faculty. Prof. Foss, as a Roman Centurion, drilling students in his Hellenistic and Roman Art and Archaeology class on how to be ...

The structure consists of three concentric walls up to five meters high and 25 towers. Inside, the tomb of a possible Roman ...

While it is known this part of the Army went on to set ... paint a vivid picture of how the Roman occupation arrived in this part of the Midlands. "The Ninth Legion, nearly 6,000 men, would ...

The Roman army was huge. It was divided up into groups called ‘legions’. Each legion had between 4,000 and 6,000 soldiers. A legion was divided into groups of 80 men called ‘centuries’.