The viral nature of the term “Roman Empire” makes it easy to forget the trend started because ancient Rome had one of the most unforgettable armies in history. A new show at the British Museum is ...

A bloody assault by Roman legions on a hill fort in Scotland around 1,800 years ago is being pieced together using the remains of Roman missile weapons that were used in the attack. The excavations at ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Archaeologists are mapping the location of sling bullets on an ancient battlefield to learn more ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An ancient fort near a beach in southeast England is the first solid archaeological evidence of ...

Austrian ruins previously known as the Desolate Castle were actually once a Roman bridgehead fort. The site served as a strategic trade crossing for the Danube River as part of the historic Amber Road ...

An archaeologist from the Netherlands found the ruins of a massive Roman army camp a few miles outside of Amsterdam. The fort was likely established by the Roman Emperor Caligula to house troops that ...

Italian re-enactors turned back the clock almost 2,000 years by setting up their Roman camp on Hadrian’s Wall. The Legio 1 Italica group arrived at Birdoswald Roman fort at Gilsland on the ...

Here’s What to Remember: For millennia, soldiers on battlefields the world over have spilled each other’s blood in the name of God, tribe, clan, king, and country. They have fought the enemy du jour, ...

Life in a Roman legion was nasty, brutish and, providing a legionary survived his 25-year enlistment, a long march to citizenship and wealth. “Legion,” now at the British Museum, is a superb ...

A group of enthusiasts regularly transform themselves into a Roman legion and teach us a host of interesting things about ancient Rome. Fans of armies and battles from times gone by are legion on the ...