#ancient warfar

[tyrannoninja]

This is my depiction of a Roman centurion, so named because they were the officers who each commanded a “century” of one hundred soldiers in the Roman legions. I gotta say they had some funky helmets, sorta like Greek hoplites’ helmets except for the distinctive crest running side to side instead of front to back.

[ancientstuff]

Archaeologists in Denmark discover huge defensive structure from the Roman Iron Age

Archaeologists have unearthed a massive structure in Lolland that is believed to have been used to ward off an attacking army back in the Ro...

So NOT a Roman wall, but a wall built to fend off an attacking army in the Roman Iron Age. I was preparing to be shocked at how far north the Romans got, but have had to rein myself in. The wall was huge, whoever it was defending against. Definitely not made for ants.