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 ...
The 2020 discovery of the skull was recently published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology, focusing on the Romans’ siege of La Loma.
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An exceptionally preserved 30-pound Roman chainmail, found in 2012 in Bonn, Germany, reveals how ancient soldiers repaired and recycled their armor when they had to take matters into their own hands ...
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Archaeologists have found a stone wall in an Italian forest that the Roman army used during its standoff with legendary gladiator Spartacus, who led a slave revolt against Rome over 2,000 years ago.
Scholars with the "Constructing the Limes" project led the research on the newly discovered site. Julian de Haas / Utrecht University About 2,000 years ago, the powerful Roman Empire established a ...
The remains of an ancient Roman army camp have been discovered in the Netherlands, beyond the empire's northern frontier, after researchers used a computer model to pinpoint its location. The "rare" ...
(CNN) — Archaeologists working in southern Italy have identified a Roman fortification built to contain the slave revolt leader Spartacus and his army. Researchers have concluded that the wall, which ...