Iran has issued a sharp warning after the United States announced plans to deploy around 2,500 Marines to the Middle East. An ...

Mysterious damage patterns on a 2,000-year-old fortress are rewriting what we know about Roman firepower. If the ancient ...

The price of covering a room in the prized pigment was equal to between 50% and 90% of a Roman legionary's annual salary, a ...

When most people imagine Roman soldiers, they picture the famous legionaries wearing segmented armor and red cloaks. But over time, Roman soldiers began to look very different. By the late Roman ...

Before World War II, the Nazis sought an ancient Roman manuscript to prove the existence of a superior race linked to Atlantis.

Here’s one story about how England began. By the late 4th century AD, Roman Britain was in serious decline. Its legions had been denuded by successive usurpers and pretenders, who kept taking the ...

Historically, unconditional surrender to the United States has been followed by prolonged US military occupation.

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, suspected ...

Greater Hazleton Area and beyond Hazleton Helps hosts spring fling: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March 20 to Saturday, March 21. Church Hill Mall. Tricky trays, spring flowers sale, variety of baked ...

JoAnn Nigro, 84, a devout Roman Catholic, died peacefully on Saturday, March 14, 2026, surrounded by her loving family after a brief illness. Having heard the words, “Come, ye blessed…,” she was ...

Before the Ides of March made him a martyr, Julius Caesar pulled off one of history's greatest military feats—outnumbered, ...