If true, their findings, detailed in a December 10 study published in the journal Antiquity, shed light on the Roman military’s repair and recycling methods on the empire’s northern frontier ...

Stretching from the windswept Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland down to North Africa, and from Portugal to the Middle East, ...

This Roman battle tactic stands as one of their greatest failures, remembered for its lack of foresight and disastrous ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air thick with lead, scientists found.

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 ...

Belisarius is the much underrated military commander of the Byzantine Empire who helped reclaim huge swathes of the Roman Empire.

The language is different but this edict on maximum prices , issued in 301 CE by Roman emperor Diocletian, reflects a feeling ...