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 ...

Ukrainian drones are strewing the roads with four-pointed metal weapons designed so that whichever way they fall, one point is always upwards. The name caltrop comes from the Latin for ‘heel ...

Archaeologists uncovered ancient military fortifications from Ptolemaic and Roman eras in Egypt's Tell Abu Sefeh, revealing strategic defenses that protected Egypt's eastern frontier.

Archaeologists in Germany excavated part of an ancient Roman military camp and found typical artifacts and a very rare pot, officials said. Photo from EggensteinEsca GmbH / M. Zur-Schaepers via ...

Historian David Soria dedicates a monumental biography, with special emphasis on military matters, to the first Caesar of ...

An archaeologist has discovered an "extraordinary" ancient Roman fort that once housed hundreds of soldiers. Researcher Mark Merrony located the remains of the fort in Pembrokeshire, a county in ...

Archaeologists found two game pieces believed to have been used by Roman soldiers more than 1,600 years ago. The discovery reinforces the theory that Hadrianopolis was not only a cultural center ...

Archaeologists digging in the ancient Roman city of Hadrianopolis, located near Eskipazar in modern-day Turkey, have unearthed two bone tokens dating to the fifth century C.E. that they suspect ...

The skeleton was discovered 20 years ago in Eboracum, or present-day York. Eboracum was an important Roman fortress and city in the Roman province of Britannia from A.D. 71 to 400.

Along with the Roman items, archaeologists also uncovered an older Iron Age burial with an iron arm band and a horse skull in a nearby pit, as well as an arm and hand found in a different trench ...

The letters include the names of three ancient Roman soldiers: Haosus, Lucinius and Petronius, Osypińska told Science in Poland. “In the correspondence, Petronius asks Lucinius (stationed in ...