A suave bronze head of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, dominates the start of this new exhibition at the British Museum. Take a moment to savour its glaring inlaid eyes, if imperial-grade art is your ...

A funerary stele of an auxiliary cavalryman, discovered in Fuente Encalada, sheds new light on the presence and deployment of Roman troops in the Iberian Peninsula during the 1st century A.D. A ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time Augustus ...

One of the biggest mysteries of Roman Britain is the disappearance of the Ninth Legion. As 5,000 of Rome's finest soldiers marched north to quell a rebellion, they suddenly realized they were ...

Volunteer archaeologist and dental student Lucas Schmid discovered the silver and brass dagger in 2019. The discovery with a metal detector led to an excavation of a Roman battlefield. Further work ...

In AD 9, three Roman legions suffered a massacre in a region of Germania undergoing pacification. In the years that followed several attempts were made to capture or kill the German mastermind, ...