Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dragon Standard (Draco) from Legion: Life in the Roman Army, at the British Museum - Koblenz Landesmuseum A suave bronze head of ...

The fortress stood undisturbed for two millennia.

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Why does a windswept ridge in the Swiss Alps matter now? Because a newly identified Roman camp high above the valleys of Graubünden turns a dramatic mountain landscape into something more precise: a ...

Life in a Roman legion was nasty, brutish and, providing a legionary survived his 25-year enlistment, a long march to citizenship and wealth. “Legion,” now at the British Museum, is a superb ...

A newly published study suggests that the siege laid by the Roman army to the Judean desert fortress of Masada in 73 CE lasted no more than a few weeks, contrary to the long-held belief that the siege ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers found more than aged vintage in a Spanish wine cellar, instead discovering the tombstone of a Roman cavalry rider that rewrites what we ...

Archaeologists have uncovered remains of a 1,800-year-old Roman military base that once housed thousands of soldiers. The base is located at the foot of Tel Megiddo—the site of an ancient city in ...

For the first time in 2,000 years, a Roman arm guard can be seen in its entirety after a painstaking reconstruction that saw the assembly of dozens of found fragments. The piece of brass armor was ...

A group of enthusiasts regularly transform themselves into a Roman legion and teach us a host of interesting things about ancient Rome. Fans of armies and battles from times gone by are legion on the ...

Here’s What to Remember: For millennia, soldiers on battlefields the world over have spilled each other’s blood in the name of God, tribe, clan, king, and country. They have fought the enemy du jour, ...