At its zenith in the second century AD, the Roman Empire encompassed more than 55 million inhabitants stretching from Britain to Egypt and Syria. While historians have long recognized that an ...

New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empire’s road network by more than 60,000 miles ...

Western media is largely ignoring that Kyiv has to rip young men off the streets amid recruitment shortages and desertions ...

Asterix in Lusitania's creators Fabcaro and Didier Conrad talk to Bleeding Cool about Ricky Gervais as a Roman soldier and much, much more ...

It is one of the world's smallest armies and is said to be the oldest operating in the tiniest state on the planet. Now the Vatican's Swiss Guards are adding to their uniforms.

During routine excavations ahead of construction work at a university in Osijek, Croatia, in 2011, archaeologists came across the skeletal remains of seven bodies stuffed into a well. Now, upon ...

Seven Roman soldiers found in a mass grave in well, likely casualties of the CE 260 Battle of Mursa Isotopic and DNA evidence indicate nonlocal origins, plant-heavy diets, respiratory infection, and ...

Scientists believe the skeletons, which were found completely intact, belong to men who lived 1,700 years ago Scientists say seven skeletons found in a mass grave in Croatia were most likely Roman ...

In Germany, a remarkable Roman silver dagger has been unearthed by a young student. The find has been painstakingly restored and is once again in pristine condition. The silver dagger is believed to ...

(Image credit: D. Ryan Gray) When clearing undergrowth in their New Orleans yard one day, a married couple discovered something completely unexpected: a Roman headstone that had once marked the grave ...

Seven fully preserved skeletons found in an ancient city in Croatia have been identified as Roman soldiers who would have lived 1,700 years ago, scientists said in a new paper. The skeletal remains ...

A British family uncovered a treasure trove in their own backyard — and now it's going under the hammer for a whopping six-figure sum. The lot is being sold by coin dealer David Guest Numismatics. It ...