Caligae sandals were made of leather and nails ... The soles had three leather layers held together with dozens of small nails. Roman soldiers did not wear socks but walked on the hammered ...
Researchers have found small, spoon-shaped tools attached to ancient warriors' belts in northern Europe that they think might have been used to store special substances, such as stimulants, prior to ...
The maniple formation was comprised of small legionnaire groups fighting simultaneously in different formations. The square formation was used when Roman soldiers faced cavalry attacks. The soldiers ...
Out in theaters now, the director’s long-awaited sequel to his 2000 Gladiator picks up after the events of the original, which featured Russell Crowe as Roman soldier Maximus and Joaquin Phoenix ...
Ray Harrington via Unsplash As actor Paul Mescal prepares to step into the laced-up sandals of Hollywood star Russell Crowe for a return to the Colosseum in Gladiator II, the discovery of a Roman ...
And I wanted to not stand in its shoes, but to sort of see it from all sides ... And some people fit into the uniforms and are soldiers, and some people don’t fit into the uniforms and aren’t soldiers ...