Artnet

What Was Life Like in the Roman Army? The British Museum’s New Show Offers a Peek

The viral nature of the term “Roman Empire” makes it easy to forget the trend started because ancient Rome had one of the most unforgettable armies in history. A new show at the British Museum is ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Legion: Life in the Roman Army’ Review: Service Through a Soldier’s Eyes at the British Museum

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 ...
Yahoo

Legion: Life in the Roman Army: one of the most powerful British Museum exhibitions in memory

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dragon Standard (Draco) from Legion: Life in the Roman Army, at the British Museum - Koblenz Landesmuseum A suave bronze head of ...
Artnet

An Ancient Roman Arm Guard Has Been Reconstructed Like a ‘Jigsaw Puzzle’ From Over 100 Fragments

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 WEEK

Legion: life in the Roman army – one of 'the most powerful' British Museum exhibitions

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 ...