The Roman army had long, well-organised supply lines that stretch all over the empire. As such, wherever the army was, soldiers could get letters from home and new equipment such as new boots or ...

The Roman army conquered a huge empire. A Roman soldier could march 20 miles a day, wearing all his armour and equipment. Image caption, Most soldiers in the Roman Empire came from countries ...

A recent study published in the journal Antiquity sheds new light on how Roman soldiers maintained and repaired their chainmail armor on the empire's northern frontiers. Researchers from Czechia ...

A payslip belonging to a Roman auxiliary soldier ... penniless immediately after getting paid once the military recouped expenses for food, equipment, clothes, and the like.