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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Elton (Trent University) make a valuable contribution to the unusual field of Roman frontier studies by reminding us that unlike a modern border ... Within this zone there could be found overlapping ...

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 ...