Kevin writes - This distance slab was found in 1812 in the Duntocher area of Clydebank, near to a roman fort. These distance ...

This slab was found near Castle Hill Roman Fort, and was picked by Helen Green ... a detachment of the Twentieth Valiant and ...

Each legion had between 4,000 and 6,000 soldiers ... Image caption, This modern painting shows Roman soldiers at Birdoswald Fort (Hadrian's Wall). A centurion watches men training.

Each legion had between 4,000 and 6,000 soldiers ... Image caption, This modern painting shows Roman soldiers at Birdoswald Fort (Hadrian's Wall). A centurion watches men training.

taking plots of land near remote Roman forts. Rome was not always able to honor the important promise of land. In 14 AD, just after Tiberius had become emperor, a mutiny broke out among legions in ...

For the first time in memory, the Roman army was in retreat and the ... and the province was held by just three legions and a few forts. They managed to keep a fragile control on Britain by ...