Nearly 2,000 years ago this was the line that divided the Roman Empire ... WWI—and the deadly back-and-forth battling of WWII—did little to change the prevailing view of the ancient frontier ...

For archaeologists in Germany, the worn-out cliche that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure came true in the most ...

A group of Roman re-enactors ... the most fantastic details about the soldiers’ lives, how they miss their friends and their families and the good wine back at home. But the main thing that ...

Send the troops back and have a good meal ... and the Credibility of Josephus From the point of view of a Roman soldier, Masada would have been a truly awful but, at the same time, greatly ...

Indeed, the $3 million film turns out to have been largely financed by Kenny Krebs, owner of “Concrete Reinforcements Inc.,” ...

In back-to-back wars ... and tactics the Roman Army used. And because Trajan left Dacia in ruins, the column and the remaining sculptures of defeated soldiers that once decorated the forum are ...

index. $30.00. ISBN: 022675023X Well written, Gladius is a necessary work for scholars of Roman history, but will also prove interesting and informative reading for the arm chair historian as well.

The plaque itself is a thin plate of gold with a Greek inscription dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus—a god worshipped by Roman soldiers. It was common for worshippers to leave these plaques at ...

He asserted that after their defeat in a battle in 53 BC, some Roman soldiers fled to the territory of the Xiongnu, which corresponds to modern Central Asia and northwest China. Dubs noted that ...

A Roman altar dedicated to Mars, found in Marton, Lincolnshire, has revealed a fascinating connection to a soldier of the XI Claudia Legion of the Roman Empire. The altar, which was discovered in a ...

From Roman soldiers in crowded camps to emperors cleaning ... We can only degrade the environment for so long before it will come back to haunt us. So let's explore what the ancient Greeks and ...

EXCLUSIVE: Every interview Ridley Scott has done with Deadline has turned into a master class on his cinematic exercises in ...