A recent archaeological dig in western Germany revealed a Roman-era settlement with 750 artifacts, including a unique burial ...

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

Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the ...

Ancient Greek military thinking and strategy presents useful lessons for modern military theorists and practitioners.

Twenty-five hundred years ago the Spartans were the indisputable military power in Greece. No city had warriors as fierce and ...

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

Digging into the chalky orange-brown soil of western Germany, archaeologists exposed the ruins of an ancient Roman military camp. Their finds were plentiful but typical — until they uncovered a very ...

Locating a historic shipwreck is only the beginning. One ancient Egyptian vessel may take us literally hundreds of years to fully and safely explore.

Archaeologists have unearthed the earliest known multifunctional tool made from cave lion bone, shedding new light on Neanderthal ingenuity. The ancient utensil dates back to the end of the Saalian ...