What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle Where it is from: Dura-Europos, Syria When it was made: Second century A.D. Related: Babylonian tablet preserves student's ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by ... The minimum term of service for a soldier during the first century AD was twenty years. Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword ...

Image caption, Re-enactors with Roman shields. Legionaries signed up for ... An auxiliary was a soldier who was not a Roman citizen. He was only paid a third of a legionary’s wage.