Legio II Italica: Did you mean...?

Ruins of Ammaedara, photograph by Carole Raddato, Haïdra, Tunisia, 05 October, 2024. Ammaedara, located in Haïdra in modern-day Tunisia, is an important Roman settlement and one of the oldest Roman cities in Africa. It served as a significant...

The legionary base at Lambaesis in modern-day Algeria was founded shortly before Hadrian's (r. 117-138 CE) visit to the North African provinces in 128 CE. It was the camp of the third legion (Legio III Augusta). The camp covered an area of...

Cenotaph of Marcus Caelius, 1st centurion of Legio XVIII who fell in the war of Varus, the Battle in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE. (LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn) Inscription: "To Marcus Caelius, son of Titus, of the Lemonian district, from Bologna...

Bronze statue of Hadrian, found at the Camp of the Sixth Roman Legion in Tel Shalem (Israel). It was found by chance by an American tourist in 1975 while searching for ancient coins with a metal detector. Tel Shalem was once occupied by a...

The legionary base at Lambaesis in modern-day Algeria was founded shortly before Hadrian's (r. 117-138 CE) visit to the North African provinces in 128 CE. It was the camp of the third legion (Legio III Augusta). The camp covered an area of...

Reconstructed Roman pila used in a reenactment show of Legio XV from Pram, Austria, 2005 CE.

It wasn't all stabbing and slicing in ancient combat, during battle the air was often dark with thrown projectiles of various deadly natures. Taking a look at some of the man and machine-powered missile armaments of the Roman period is...