A legionary had to be over 17 years old and a Roman citizen. Every new recruit ... He could march 20 miles a day, wearing all his armour and equipment. He could swim or cross rivers in boats ...

A legionary had to be over 17 years old and a Roman citizen. Every new recruit ... He could march 20 miles a day, wearing all his armour and equipment. He could swim or cross rivers in boats ...

Examination of a 14kg hoard of mail armor near the Roman legionary fortress of Bonn ... military machine that required huge amounts of equipment, all of which had to be maintained.

Researchers from Czechia and Germany examined a 14-kilogram clump of ancient Roman mail armor discovered in 2012 during excavations in a civilian settlement outside the Bonn legionary fortress in ...