While Safaitic-Greek texts are not unknown in the Black Desert, what makes this collection unique is that it contains the first unambiguous Safaitic text composed by or for a Roman soldier.

A payslip belonging to a Roman auxiliary soldier, posted on Twitter back in March 2019 by archaeologist Joanne Ball, shows that the imperial grunt was left penniless immediately after getting paid ...

Most soldiers in the Roman Empire came from countries outside Italy. There were soldiers from Africa, France, Germany, Spain and the Middle East. The soldiers were the best trained, they had the ...

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 ...

The markings suggest that the pieces were used in games that entertained soldiers ... of Anatolia to the Black Sea made Hadrianopolis a center of regional trade during the Roman and Byzantine ...

He likens them to checkers or Battleship and emphasizes that they were popular among Roman soldiers. The discovery of the tokens sheds new light on Hadrianopolis' role as a Roman military outpost.

While Safaitic-Greek texts are not unknown in the Black Desert, what makes this collection unique is that it contains the first unambiguous Safaitic text composed by or for a Roman soldier. "The ...

The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The soldiers were the best trained ...