A recent study by Marta Fernández-Viejo and her colleagues from the laboratory of Human Evolution of the University of Burgos ...

Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ...

A 1,900-year-old Roman coin hoard equivalent to a legionary's monthly salary has been discovered in Norfolk, England, consisting of 25 silver denarii that were lost between the 160s to 170s.

Roman stronghold Thousands of Roman soldiers were stationed at the Vindobona fort at its height in the third century A.D., and the nearby settlement was home to about 20,000 people.

In the Roman legions, being the 10th soldier could mean a death sentence. The empire’s most feared punishment kept its armies ...

The Romans made Dura-Europos part of their empire in A.D. 165, using it as an eastern trading post. But the city was abandoned in A.D. 256 after being besieged by soldiers from the Sasanian Empire ...

Potentially over 150 Roman soldiers' bodies were buried in the mass grave near Vienna. Credit: A. Slonek / Novetus Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Life on the Roman frontier revealed by soldiers’ private letters From party invitations to requests for warm socks, letters discovered at Vindolanda, England gave first-hand accounts of everyday ...

These American soldiers have much in common with their Roman forebears. Deployed to the fringes of an empire, they deal with unreliable local allies, irascible tribesmen and airy bureaucrats in a ...

One of the most extensive Roman temple complexes in northern Europe, including sacrificial altars used by soldiers on a far frontier of the Roman Empire during the first century A.D., has been ...

The Roman legions 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.