The soldiers were the best trained, they had the best weapons and the best armour. When the Romans ... A legionary had to be over 17 years old and a Roman citizen. Every new recruit had to be ...

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 ...

Found in over 100 tiny pieces, it once protected the sword arm of an ancient Roman ... and Iron Age coins at the British Museum, says in the NMS statement that this type of armor is more commonly ...