A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...

When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

AMMAN — The Roman Empire in the Middle East recruited so-called “dromedarii”, who were camel-riding soldiers in the desert provinces of the empire to replace classical cavalry. In this harsh ...

Archaeologists researching a battlefield in Switzerland discovered a Roman military camp 7,000 feet above sea level. The camp is roughly 2,000 years old and ties to the Roman battlefield in the ...

Lost Legions follows desperate Roman soldiers scattered after the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, blending the historical with ...

The Roman empire began in 27 B.C.E. when Augustus Caesar ... Too much money had been spent on the military, and the economy ...

The Roman Empire grew over a long period of time from ... So from economic and military activity spreading out from Italy, the empire spread through North Africa, through the West all the way ...

Jonathan Terry has walked several miles of Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland in a replica helmet, armour, belt and shield ...

A lawyer set to walk Hadrian’s Wall in memory of his father who died with prostate cancer will do so dressed in full Roman ...

The newfound bracelet was likely awarded for a feat of valor carried out during Rome's conquest of Britain. While walking his dog with his mom, a 12-year-old boy in the U.K. made an unexpected ...

This book presents a new history of the leadership, organization, and disposition of the field armies of the east Roman empire between Julian (361 ... Every facet of military policy must be reassessed ...

Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who had once served in the Roman army, escaped from slavery in 73 BCE. What began as a prison ...