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Statue of soldiers in the Roman Army
The Roman Empire was created and controlled ... The minimum term of service for a soldier during the first century AD was twenty years. Each legionnaire (or 'miles') carried a short sword, called ...
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Just how far did the Roman Empire reach? Newly discovered soldier's tomb supplies key evidence
The tomb is believed to belong to a soldier nicknamed "Flaccus ... the remains to the first half of the first century CE, coinciding with the early Roman establishment of Coriovallum in the ...
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The Roman army
They first invaded Britain in 55 BC, by 79 AD the Roman army came here ... were called centurions. And each century was spilt up into ten groups of eight soldiers called a contuberniam.
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In the first century AD, Jews lived across the Roman Empire in relative harmony.
By the beginning of the first ... century BC. Julius Caesar and Augustus supported laws that allowed Jews protection to worship as they chose. Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around ...
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New archaeological research shows siege on Masada lasted just weeks, not years
The research counters a long-held narrative about the first-century Roman siege of the fortress ... suggesting that the glorious Roman army found it very difficult to take the fortress and ...