Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era fort in northern England have unearthed several enormous ancient leather soles that measure more than 11.8 inches (30 centimeters) long. The finds add to the ...

The fort measures roughly 607 by 509 feet and probably housed a cohort of around 500 "auxiliaries"—soldiers primarily recruited from the masses of free provincial subjects who did not hold Roman ...

An auxiliary was a soldier who was not a Roman citizen. He was only paid a third of a legionary’s wage. Auxiliaries guarded forts and frontiers but also fought in battles, ...

Odds are good you read at least one of the umpteen media stories last month about a possible 2,000-year-old "dildo" unearthed near the remains of a Roman auxiliary fort in the UK called Vindolanda ...

The Roman Empire in 69 AD, the “Year of the Four Emperors”. Credit: Steerpike & ArdadN / Rowanwindwhistler / Wikimedia Commons As we mentioned earlier, this was made up of Batavian auxiliaries, whom ...

For the first time, an archaeological investigation has conclusively documented the existence of a brückenkopfkastell—a Roman auxiliary outpost castle erected at a strategic river crossing point—on ...