British Museum: Legion

The British Museum returns to Ely!

The second event in our rich collaborative programme of events with the British Museum, and designed to accompany the magnificent exhibition in London, we cannot wait to welcome curator Richard Abdy to speak 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.

The Legion exhibition is on at the British Museum from 1 February until 23 June 2024.