By bringing the sheer scope of the Roman frontier into focus ... and archaeologists have assumed Rome’s walls were military fortifications, designed to fend off barbarian armies and hostile ...

Auxiliaries guarded forts and frontiers but also fought in battles, often in the front lines where it was the most dangerous. The Roman army was huge. It was divided up into groups called ...

The discovery underscores the connection between Roman forts and surrounding ... significant along the German frontier, where "it was necessary for military units to become involved in the ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions ... postings for soldiers were those at the frontiers of the Roman Empire, where legionnaires ...

There is evidence that Roman soldiers on the frontiers were more ... the connection between Roman forts and surrounding civilian settlements. Far from Roman military installations, the army ...

Like the other frontier provinces, Rome was far away. Supplies and reinforcements took a long time to arrive, and the province was held by just three legions and a few forts. They managed to keep ...

The Roman system of controlling of the tribes north of Hadrian's Wall broke down. Scouting was abandoned and forts like ...

LOM, BULGARIA—According to a Bulgarian National Radio report, traces of a Roman military site dated to ... A.D., the area was no longer on the frontier of the Roman Empire, and the site grew ...

Basalt fields in the Black Desert are the home of thousands of Safaitic, Greek and Latin inscriptions (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN – During the Roman occupation ... a system of forts built on the ...

Auxiliaries guarded forts and frontiers but also fought in battles, often in the front lines where it was the most dangerous. The Roman army was huge. It was divided up into groups called ...