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While modern soldiers may not adopt the testudo formation as the legions of old did, many Roman innovations did lead to ...
An earthquake in Sisak, Croatia, forced renovations to the local city hall, and revealed a Roman-era theater in the basement ...
The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from the third and fourth centuries A.D.
The oldest of these houses was Roman, occupied until the third century; the second and third houses were Byzantine. ( 8 things people get wrong about ancient Rome.
During a recent archaeological dig in Switzerland, historians unearthed a poignant collection of infant burials from Ancient Rome, accompanied by a variety of other intriguing artifacts.
Archaeologists uncovered a third major ancient fort in the northern Sinai Peninsula. The Tell Abu Seifi site offered prime protection of Egypt’s eastern border. Limestone-paved roads and a moat ...
By the middle of the second century in Britain, auxiliary troops significantly outnumbered legionaries—soldiers who were Roman citizens. Auxiliary regiments were attached to citizen legions.
Sometime during the first century C.E., a fierce battle took place in what is now Vienna, Austria—likely between Roman soldiers and Germanic warriors. Afterward, the battered bodies of dozens of ...
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Roman military encampment high atop a mountain range in the Swiss Alps located between eastern Switzerland and northern Italy, Live Science reported. A ...
Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the third century. The pit where the bodies were deposited suggests a hasty or disorganized dumping of corpses.