What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman ... Archaeologists found the skeletons of 19 Roman soldiers, complete with all their weapons and armor — including the scutum — in ...

and probably belonged to a Roman soldier who lost his life in battle. Few examples of this type of shield have survived over the millennia, even though it is well known from depictions in art. The ...

What would you do if, while serving on the Roman Empire’s northern frontier, you suddenly realized your chainmail needed repairing? An international team of scientists now thinks soldiers may ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled ... He also carried a 'pilum' (javelin), a helmet, armor, shield and a pack with supplies. Soldiers were rigorously trained to march long distances ...

There, limited local capacity to supply metal to Roman soldiers created a need to recycle and reuse mail armor, which likely supported a cottage industry. This is one conclusion of Czech and ...

A recent study published in the journal Antiquity sheds new light on how Roman soldiers maintained and repaired their chainmail armor on the empire's northern frontiers. Researchers from Czechia ...

Re-enactors with Roman shields. Legionaries signed up for at least 25 years' service. But if they survived their time, they were rewarded with a gift of land they could farm. Old soldiers often ...

There is evidence that Roman soldiers on the frontiers were more self-sufficient, repairing and recycling their own armor. However, the extent to which surrounding settlements played a role in ...