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A reenactor dressed as a Roman soldier in lorica segmentata. Lorica segmentata was a type of body armour primarily used in the early Roman Empire, but the Latin name was first used in the 16th century (the ancient form is unknown). The armour itself consisted of broad ferrous strips ('girth hoops') fastened to internal leather straps.
The Roman deities most widely known today are those the Romans identified with Greek counterparts (see interpretatio graeca), integrating Greek myths, iconography, and sometimes religious practices, into Roman culture, including Latin literature, Roman art, and religious life as it was experienced throughout the Empire. Many of the Romans' own ...
The frumentarii were an ancient Roman military and secret police organization used as an intelligence agency. They began their history as a courier service and developed into an imperial spying agency. Their organization would also carry out assassinations. The frumentarii were headquartered in the Castra Peregrina and were run by the princeps ...
Yig is the name of a deity in the Arcanis Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. Yig was once (and may still be) worshipped by the Ssethregorean Empire, a group dominated by various lizard and snake-like beings. Yig in this mythos is a female deity, but still strongly associated with serpents, suggesting the name is not a coincidence.
Atepomarus, god of horses, horsemen, and healing. Badb, Irish goddess of war who took the form of a crow; member of the Morrígan. Bandua, Gallaecian God of War. Belatucadros, war god worshipped by soldiers and equated with the Roman war god Mars. Camulus, god of war of the Belgic Remi and British Trinovantes.
This is a list of Roman army units and bureaucrats. Accensus – Light infantry men in the armies of the early Roman Republic, made up of the poorest men of the army. Actuarius – A soldier charged with distributing pay and provisions. Adiutor – A camp or headquarters adjutant or assistant. Agrimensor – A surveyor (a type of immunes ).
Lucius Cornelius Balbus (minor) – defeated the Garamantes. Barbatio. Belisarius. Lucilius Bassus. Publius Ventidius Bassus. Bonifacius. Bonosus (usurper) Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus – commanded Caesar's fleet in the war against the Veneti. Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus – led the Roman legions in the conquest of western Iberia.
The Roman army ( Latin: exercitus Romanus) was the armed forces deployed by the Romans throughout the duration of Ancient Rome, from the Roman Kingdom (753 BC–509 BC) to the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and the Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD), and its medieval continuation, the Eastern Roman Empire.