Nearly 2,000 years ago this was the line that divided the Roman Empire from the rest ... have assumed Rome’s walls were military fortifications, designed to fend off barbarian armies and hostile ...

Elton (Trent University) make a valuable contribution to the unusual field of Roman frontier studies by reminding us ... Within this zone there could be found overlapping “boundaries”, economic, ...

DAD: Oh that’s YOU out of the Roman army! ANITA: I ALWAYS listen, you’re the naughty one Dad. A modern recreation of a Roman legionaries in full military uniform. The Roman army was very well ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...

The Roman Empire ... posed a huge strategic military challenge to the Roman legions.... You had this extremely steep, high, plateau on which Masada was built, and the fortifications put up ...

Although it may have seemed civilized to certain people at certain times, the Roman Empire was built on brute force and military strength. Local inhabitants obeyed Roman rule because the ...