A suave bronze head of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, dominates the start of this new exhibition at the British Museum. Take a moment to savour its glaring inlaid eyes, if imperial-grade art is your ...

Life in a Roman legion was nasty, brutish and, providing a legionary survived his 25-year enlistment, a long march to citizenship and wealth. “Legion,” now at the British Museum, is a superb ...

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LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - From cavalry helmets to panels of goatskin used for military tents, a new exhibition looking at the lives of Roman soldiers opens at the British Museum in London this week. ...

To shape its new show about life in the Roman Army, the British Museum put questions to members of the public. Other institutions are also using the same technique. By Alex Marshall Reporting from ...

For the first time in 2,000 years, a Roman arm guard can be seen in its entirety after a painstaking reconstruction that saw the assembly of dozens of found fragments. The piece of brass armor was ...

The British Museum is back in the news after a social media gaffe sparked accusations of sexism. On Sunday, March 3, the museum reposted a TikTok touting its ongoing exhibition, “Legion: life in the ...

About 2,000 years ago, the powerful Roman Empire established a boundary at the northern edge of its territory in continental Europe: the Lower German Limes, which stretched across the Rhine River in ...

Life in the Roman army was brutal, even when not actively fighting bloodthirsty Carthaginians or rebellious gladiators. Military discipline was strict and punishments were often harsh.

At its peak, the Roman empire numbered some 60 million inhabitants and controlled everything "from Mesopotamia all the way to Hadrian's Wall", said Nick Clark in the Evening Standard. Stationed across ...