But unlike a modern security detail, the Praetorian Guard numbered thousands of people. Under the first emperor, Augustus, the Praetorian Guard consisted of nine cohorts with 500 men each, which ...

While initially thought to be body armor or a thigh guard, the relic was only recently recognized for its true function in the 1990s. As worn by a Roman legionary, the armored sleeve would have ...

Archaeologists and volunteers excavating an ancient Roman site in the United Kingdom uncovered a “mysterious” purple lump. It turned out to be an “incredibly rare” substance once “worth ...