Archaeologists found a 2,000-year-old Roman camp 7,000 feet up in the Swiss Alps, with sling bullets from the Roman 3rd ...

The Roman Empire wanted to reach every place on the planet and they came close to doing so. Especially if we take into ...

Life in a Roman legion was nasty, brutish and, providing a legionary survived his 25-year enlistment, a long march to citizenship and wealth. “Legion,” now at the British Museum, is a superb ...

Modern firepower meets ancient tactics in this epic thought experiment: could a single Marine platoon overcome the might of a ...

Archaeologists have uncovered remains of a 1,800-year-old Roman military base that once housed thousands of soldiers. The base is located at the foot of Tel Megiddo—the site of an ancient city in ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A funerary stele discovered in Spain shows Roman auxiliary cavalry unit movements from the first century C.E. Tied to the Julio-Claudian period, the ...

The researchers concluded that the construction of the siege system took about two weeks. “Once the assault ramp was completed, the Romans launched a brutal attack, ultimately capturing the fortress ...

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Researchers also found artifacts including weapons and military equipment. Scientists at Switzerland’s University of Basel used Light Detection and Ranging lasers to create 3D models of the terrain, ...

KOSTOLAC, Serbia, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Buried under a Serbian cornfield close to a coalmine, the well-preserved remains of a Roman legion's headquarters are being excavated by archaeologists who say its ...