The viral nature of the term “Roman Empire” makes it easy to forget the trend started because ancient Rome had one of the most unforgettable armies in history. A new show at the British Museum is ...

Dragon Standard (Draco) from Legion: Life in the Roman Army, at the British Museum - Koblenz Landesmuseum ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Archaeologists are mapping the location of sling bullets on an ancient battlefield to learn more ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A bloody assault by Roman legions on a hill fort in Scotland around 1,800 years ago is being ...

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 ...

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 ...

At its peak, the Roman empire numbered some 60 million inhabitants and controlled everything "from Mesopotamia all the way to Hadrian's Wall", said Nick Clark in the Evening Standard. Stationed across ...

The remains of an ancient Roman fort dating back nearly 2,000 years have been unearthed underneath a bus station in southern England. The fort, located in Exeter, is a “very important and completely ...

An archaeologist from the Netherlands found the ruins of a massive Roman army camp a few miles outside of Amsterdam. The fort was likely established by the Roman Emperor Caligula to house troops that ...

Austrian ruins previously known as the Desolate Castle were actually once a Roman bridgehead fort. The site served as a strategic trade crossing for the Danube River as part of the historic Amber Road ...