The remains of the Roman Empire can still be found across a lot of Europe and the Middle East. A modern recreation of soldiers fighting in the 'testudo' formation, Birdoswald, Cumbria. The Romans ...

The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of more than a hundred soldiers who died in combat.

fight in precise formations, and kill expertly with all the weapons they carried. The toughest postings for soldiers were those at the frontiers of the Roman Empire, where legionnaires never had ...

The archaeologists, brought in by the Federal Monuments Office after the soccer field renovation project started unearthing ...

A rare and haunting discovery inside the skull of a Roman man who perished in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius has revealed his brain was transformed into glass—fossilised by an intense surge of ...

In the eastern provinces, Roman army units often contained a few camel ... phalangical infantry formation) only seem a response to Parthia and Sassanid Persia. A distinction should be drawn ...

The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of more than a hundred soldiers who died in combat. The construction ...