Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...

Buried in Danish bogs and Swedish burial mounds, Roman weapons, coins, and military gear tell a forgotten story of Scandinavian mercenaries who served the emperors and returned home forever changed.

In an amazing find for archaeology, over 1,000 Roman artefacts have been uncovered in Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, offering ...

Divers recovered weapons, tools, pieces of horse-drawn chariots, ceramic plates, platters and goblets. One archaeologist ...

In 89 BCE, Rome dispatched forces under the command of general Lucius Cornelius Sulla to lay siege to the city. It was one of ...

Three swords were found, one of which was still intact in its leather sheath, and a metal spade was also recovered.

A new study by Columbia University historian John Ma has uncovered evidence of a hidden army operating within the Roman Empire during the first century AD. Published in the Journal of Roman Studies, ...

Soar over the ruins of Salona in Solin, Croatia, once the flourishing capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia and the birthplace of Emperor Diocletian. The drone captures the sprawling ...

History remembers the broad strokes of ancient warfare. We’ll never forget things like gunpowder, the phalanx, and war ...

Among the finds were pottery, weapons, tools and parts of a horse-drawn vehicle, snapshots of Roman logistics north of ...

A scholar reinterpreting historical and archaeological evidence in present-day Switzerland believes the Helvetians retained ...

Nîmes is a sultry city of lived-in historical monuments and avant garde architecture. Here’s a quick guide to exploring the ...