Did Roman soldiers get paid in salt? Theories on the etymology of 'salary'

A famous story about the etymology of salaryThe English word "salary," which means wages. Have you ever heard this story ...
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Roman scutum: An 1,800-year-old shield dropped by a Roman soldier who likely died in battle

What it tells us about the past: This tall, semi-cylindrical shield, which is in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, is one of the few surviving examples of a Roman "scutum," the most ...
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Why Roman soldiers bent their swords before battle

Roman soldiers deliberately heated and curved the tips of their gladius swords to gain a tactical advantage in close-quarter ...
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Parasites plagued Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely harsh conditions in his poem “Roman Wall Blues,” in which a soldier laments ...
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Mass grave of Roman soldiers tells gruesome tale of military disaster

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mass grave in Vienna, Austria, is believed to contain the remains of more than 150 individuals. - Urban Archeology Vienna The ...
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This Souvenir Bowl May Have Commemorated an Ancient Roman Soldier’s Service at Hadrian’s Wall. It Was Discovered on a Spanish Farm 1,900 Years Later

A virtual reconstruction of the Berlanga Cup 3D Stoa—Archaeology and Heritage / Cambridge University Press under CC BY 4.0 Archaeologists may have identified the origins of a recently discovered 1,900 ...
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Roman soldiers defending Hadrian's Wall were infected by parasites, study finds

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall, has shown that the occupants were infected by three types of intestinal parasite—roundworm, whipworm, and ...
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Archaeologists Found Game Pieces Used by Ancient Roman Soldiers

Archaeologists have been excavating the ancient Roman city of Hadrianopolis, near Eskipazar, in what we today call Turkey. They have now discovered two tokens made out of bone dating back to the fifth ...
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Roman Soldier's Shoe Buried at English Fort

NORTHUMBERLAND, ENGLAND—According to a report by Live Science, archaeologists working at the Roman fort of Magna in northern England were stunned when a peculiar object was recently pulled from a ...
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Ancient Roman soldier’s monthly paycheck unearthed in pristine condition

What may have been a Roman soldier’s monthly paycheck has emerged from under the ground, officials announced this month. British officials recently unveiled the discovery of a 1,900-year-old Roman ...
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Archaeologists Discover Ancient Tokens That Roman Soldiers Used to Play Strategy Games

The tokens are roughly the size of a half-dollar coin and feature markings etched into their surfaces. Karabük University Archaeologists digging in the ancient Roman city of Hadrianopolis, located ...