Two thousand years ago, the Roman Army embarked on a far-flung hunt for silver. A new discovery reveals how close they came ...

Historian Adrian Goldsworthy reveals the brutal training, bureaucratic grind and uncertain rewards of life in the Roman ...

Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the ...

Excavations at the Roman fort of Magna near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland in north east England have uncovered some very ...

Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, Scipio ...

Archaeologists are piecing together vivid 1,800-year-old frescoes from “thousands upon thousands upon thousands” of plaster fragments, with no picture on the box to guide them.

There are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have ...

Archaeolgists have discovered a Roman soldier's wrist purse along with coins, or dinaii, in a first-of-its-kind discovery in the region.

Nine of the worst Roman emperors, known for madness, violence, corruption, and misrule, ultimately pushed the Roman Empire ...

While excavating at Hradisko Hill in South Moravia, Czech Republic, archaeologists recently unearthed an 1,800-year-old bronze purse once worn on the wrist of a Roman soldier. Capable of holding ...

The Greeks and Romans figured out music and exercise go hand in hand more than 2,000 years ago – long before science backed ...

Ready to ditch the dating apps? Try loitering outside a courthouse instead - it’s one of many tips the ancient Greeks and ...