Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...

What may have been a Roman soldier’s monthly paycheck has emerged from under the ground, officials announced this month. British officials recently unveiled the discovery of a 1,900-year-old Roman ...

Journey through the centuries as we uncover the evolution of the Roman soldier. This video examines how arms, armor, and ...

In theory, putting down the rebels of the First Jewish Revolt should have been easy for the mighty Roman empire. But ...

VIENNA, Austria (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Archaeologists discovered a mass grave of over 100 Roman soldiers dating back to the ancient empire while renovating a sports field. Officials with the Wien ...

The ancient Roman army didn’t seem to be afraid of anything, but they definitely weren’t afraid of heights, as evidenced by the discovery of a 2,000-year-old Roman military camp located 7,000 feet ...

Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site. The discoveries were made at Magna, an Ancient Roman fort in Northumberland, in late May.

University students and archaeologists located an ancient Roman military camp beyond the empire’s northern frontier in the Netherlands. Photo from Constructing the Limes A team of university students ...

Archaeologists in Germany excavated part of an ancient Roman military camp and found typical artifacts and a very rare pot, officials said. Photo from EggensteinEsca GmbH / M. Zur-Schaepers via LWL ...

A centuries-old Roman marble bust believed to depict an enemy of Julius Caesar, which may have been looted by an American soldier stationed in Germany after World War II, went on display at the San ...

Construction on Rome's Metro C has uncovered spectacular Roman ruins, and its new "archaeo-stations" are giving visitors a ...