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Brick Stamp of Legio I Adiutrix
Brick Stamp of Legio I Adiutrix.
Terra Sigillata-Museum, Rheinzabern.

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Fragment of Legio IX Hispana Tablet
Commemorative Tablet fragment of an inscription recording the building in stone of the SE gate of the fortress at Eboracum (York) under Trajan, c. 108 CE.

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Inscription by Legio XII Fulminata
Roman rock inscription in Qobustan, Azerbaijan.
Latin text : "Imp(eratore) Domitiano / Caesare Aug(usto) / Germanic(o) / L(ucius) Iulius / Maximus (centurio) / leg(ionis) XII Ful(minatae)".

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Legio XXII Primigenia Pia Fidelis
Brick imprinted with the name of the Roman Legio XXII Primigenia Pia Fidelis.
Saalburg Museum, Germany.

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Battle of the Long Bridges
Battle During the Retreat of Germanicus (Kampf beim Rückzug des Germanicus), oil on canvas painting by Ferdinand Leeke, 1898. Berlin State Museums, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Photo by Andres Kilger. The painting presents the...

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Funerary Monument of M. Annius Lucus
Funerary Monument of M. Annius Lucus, a centurion of several legions: Legio XV Apollinaris, Legio VII Gemina, Legio X Gemina, and Legio III Gallica, 170-200 CE.
Aquincum Museum, Budapest.

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Legions of the Dacian Wars
The Dacian Wars started after Decebalus (r. c. 87-106 CE) raided the Roman province of Moesia in 85 CE. Emperor Domitian's (r. 81-96 CE) Dacian campaigns in 86-87 CE reached an uneasy peace, but the conflict was renewed under the reign of...

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The Year of the Four Emperors & the Demise of Four Roman Legions
During the Year of the Four Emperors (69 CE), the fight between Vitellius and Vespasian would ultimately bring about the demise of four legions, the XV Primigenia, I Germanica, IIII Macedonica, and XVI Gallia. All four of these legions had...

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Roman Army Reenactment
Romans in Archeon; to the left Legio II Augusta, to the right Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix.

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Roman Expeditions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa was explored by Roman expeditions between 19 BCE - 90 CE, most likely in an effort to locate the sources of valuable trade goods and establish routes to bring them to the seaports on the coast of North Africa, thereby minimizing...