This book is packed with facts and investigates all aspects of your life in the Roman army, including training, weapons, service abroad, battles and living under barracks. Detailed illustrations accompany the text, showing character scenes, diagrams and period artefacts. Informative captions, a quiz, a complete glossary, clear labels and an index makes this title an ideal educational text. It fits into the guidelines for the National Literacy Strategy at Key Stage 2. It helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.