Archaeologists have discovered over 100 horse skeletons from Roman times, dating back to the 2nd century AD. These horse skeletons belonged to a Roman cavalry unit stationed at Hallschlag. Due to a ...

VIENNA — As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating ...

It’s one of three known examples of such a garment in the world. A remarkably rare Roman military hat, dating back 2,000 years, has finally been put on display after spending more than 100 years in ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A funerary stele discovered in Spain shows Roman auxiliary cavalry unit movements from the first century C.E. Tied to the Julio-Claudian period, the ...

From party invitations to requests for warm socks, letters discovered at Vindolanda, England gave first-hand accounts of everyday life inside a Roman fort. Roman outpostAn aerial view shows the ...

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 ...

Prof. Mark Horton examines a tiny carved dragon from a Roman military belt. Dragons were powerful symbols in the late Roman army, carried into battle as standards known as ‘draco.’ Could this rare ...

Rome's "Crisis of the Third Century" I enjoy Pen & Sword's ancient military histories, which often center on one commanding individual. They are shaped to be more broadly readable than purely ...