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

About 2,000 years ago, the powerful Roman Empire established a boundary at the northern edge of its territory in continental ...

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

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.

In South Moravia, Czechia, archaeologists have found a bronze fragment from a Roman wrist purse which dates back 1,800 years, ...

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

Using airborne laser scanners, researchers have discovered ancient fortifications in Italy that make up the oldest known Roman military camp, where soldiers may have fought pirates more than 2,000 ...

Roman army camp found in Netherlands, beyond the empire's frontier 1,800-year-old warhorse cemetery held remains of a beloved horse — and a man considered an 'outsider' to Roman society ...

Soccer field renovations near Vienna, Austria recently revealed a significant—if grim—archeological find: a mass grave dating back to the first century CE and Roman empire.The gravesite ...

In the 250s, the Persian Sasanian Empire set its sights on taking the Syrian city of Dura from Rome. The city, which backs up against the Euphrates River, was by this time a Roman military base ...

Roman soldiers occupying what is now northern Bulgaria along the Danube River had to deal with all manner of uprisings against the empire, but at least they could keep their wine reasonably cool.