The largest cohort held the legion’s silver eagle standard. The honour of carrying the standard was reserved for the standard bearer. For nearly a thousand years, the Roman army was the most ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time ...

This was standard practice throughout the empire ... around 70,000 Romans and pro-Roman Britons and slaughtered the Roman Ninth Legion. Romans in retreat This was an incredible turn of events.