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 ...

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.

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 ...

Roman sources show four legions took part in the invasion ... Markland Grips, near Creswell, is a known Iron Age fort and nearby is Camp Hill, thought to have been a temporary Roman camp ...

Aaron Hammond of Timeline Auctions said: “These iron construction nails were crafted by the Roman 20th Legion under Governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola for the fort headquarters at Inchtuthil.

Legion: Life in the Roman Army runs from February 1 to June ... free or enslaved – in forts and frontiers across the empire. Many of the items will be on display in the UK for the first time ...

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.