The dagger was found completely ... If confirmed to be a soldier, "he could only have belonged to Legio VII Gemina," the only Roman legion stationed in Hispania at the time.

He was buried with a pugio, an ancient Roman dagger, placed on his back. The pugio was still sheathed and fully intact. The researchers believe that the man was a soldier because the placement of ...

and kill expertly with all the weapons they carried. The toughest postings for soldiers were those at the frontiers of the Roman Empire, where legionnaires never had enough supplies, faced hostile ...

A solar plant project that began in 2021 in Almendralejo, Spain, took an unexpected turn when workers discovered settlements ...

The Romans occupied what's now Spain from 218 B.C. until roughly the fourth century A.D. The fortress burial included a "pugio" — the standard dagger of the Roman ... man was a soldier and ...

they had the best weapons and the best armour. When the Romans invaded Britain, their army was so good that it took on armies 10 times its size and won! Most soldiers in the Roman Empire came from ...