Under the rubble of a wall that collapsed more than two millennia ago, at the site of La Loma in northern Palencia (Spain), a ...

Researchers unearthed the skull from a 2,000-year-old fort, according to Live Science. Further investigation revealed that it ...

AMMAN — Legio X Fretensis (Tenth legion of the Strait) was a legion of the Imperial Roman army which operated from 41/40 BC until 410s AD. It was established by Gaius Octavius (later to become the ...

The Cantabrian Wars (29-16 BC) represented Rome's final push to subjugate the last independent Celtic peoples in western continental Europe. The conflicts were so challenging that Augustus himself ...

It was a cold and wet September day, 9 AD. Mist and drizzle covered three Roman legions and their followers traversing ...

A newly published study suggests that the siege laid by the Roman army to the Judean desert fortress of Masada in 73 CE lasted no more than a few weeks, contrary to the long-held belief that the siege ...

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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...