06-14-2012, 01:51 AM
It is a split for me as well. I have always wanted to know what the Roman soldier were, looked like, and how they fought. Since I was about 9 years old, I wanted to have the armor of a Roman soldier. No other soldiers in history have interested me half as much as Rome's soldiers. Now, because I teach ancient history in high school, I want to teach about Roman soldiers. Many books and movies portray the Roman legionary as cruel and heartless. While that may be partially true, I want my students to know that the army built things as well, and kept the peace in an otherwise dangerous world. To understand the Roman world is to understand our world today.
