Ancient Greek and Roman armies were large and fearsome for their time, but their warfare tactics and leadership during battle ...

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, ...

The sites each have the classic "playing card" shape of temporary Roman military camps. The defensive walls were made by piling up rocks; small fortifications called tituli were built in front of its ...

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 ...

Three fortified Roman camps were discovered in northern Arabia by Oxford archaeologists using satellite images. The team speculates that the entry into Saudi Arabia could have been part of a ...

In the Roman army, failure on the battlefield wasn’t just punished—it was paid for in blood. When a legion broke ranks or ...

An exceptionally preserved 30-pound Roman chainmail, found in 2012 in Bonn, Germany, reveals how ancient soldiers repaired and recycled their armor when they had to take matters into their own hands ...

A team of university students sifted through chalky dirt in the Netherlands looking for artifacts or other traces of ancient Roman activity. For years, they’d been piecing together the site’s history, ...

Move over Indiana Jones, the archaeologists at the University of Oxford's School of Archaeology have made a mind-blowing discovery! Using Google Earth, the team has identified not one, not two, but ...

The Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD) marked the first brutal civil war of the Roman Empire, plunging the empire into chaos ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Imagine walking on a bed of 60 nails. That’s how Romans soldiers did it, a recent find in Haltern am See, Germany confirmed. Archaeologists unearthed one long-lost soldier’s 2,000-year old caliga shoe ...