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Statue of soldiers in the Roman Army
fight in precise formations, and kill expertly with all the weapons they carried. The toughest postings for soldiers were those at the frontiers of the Roman Empire, where legionnaires never had ...
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While Gladiator Fights Are Considered Quintessentially Roman By Nature And Began As A Way To Honor The Dead, These Spectacles Didn't Actually Originate In Rome
According to the Roman author Ausonius, the fight in honor of Brutus Pera involved six slaves pummeling away at each other with the weapons and armor of the Thracians, a people who lived in the ...
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What was life like in the Roman army?
The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world ... The soldiers were the best trained, they had the best weapons and the best armour. When the Romans invaded Britain, their ...
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A gladiator depicted fighting
Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization ... be so keen on watching men and women fight to the death. Ritualized, public violence ...
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What was life like in the Roman army?
The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world ... The soldiers were the best trained, they had the best weapons and the best armour. When the Romans invaded Britain, their ...