British Museum Lectures - Richard Abdy on Legion: life in the Roman army

Please note this event is now taking place at St Swithin's Church

The British Museum comes to Bath! This evening marks the beginning of a rich collaborative programme of events with the British Museum, each accompanying a magnificent new exhibition in London.
This February, Richard Abdy comes to talk on Legion: Life in the Roman Army.

The scale and organisation of the Roman army was unprecedented in the ancient Western world. This book tells the story of everyday aspects of the army in the heyday of the Roman Empire – from life in a tent to the food soldiers consumed – and explains its hierarchy, roles, equipment and place in a vast multi-ethnic society divided between citizens and subjects.

Abdy has been a curator of Roman coins at the British Museum for many years, with particular interest in the middle and later imperial periods of the Roman Empire.