Channing Tatum leads troops into Roman Britain in The Eagle, 2011 - Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo Legion, an exhibition opening at the British Museum next month, will explore the life of the ...

Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall weren’t just defending the frontier—they were also battling parasites that made daily life ...

Archaeologists have long known that life on the Roman frontier was harsh, but new microscopic evidence from Hadrian’s Wall ...

A suave bronze head of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, dominates the start of this new exhibition at the British Museum. Take a moment to savour its glaring inlaid eyes, if imperial-grade art is your ...

Researchers suggest that when Roman legions were at the empire's remote northern frontiers, they relied on local craftspeople for equipment repairs. reading time 2 minutes What would you do if, while ...

Archaeologists have uncovered dozens of 2,000-year-old army camps from Ancient Rome in Spain, according to a new study. The research, published in Geosciences, details the enormity of the Roman Army ...

Long before cats became internet icons or household companions, they earned their place by solving a very practical problem.

This Roman battle tactic stands as one of their greatest failures, remembered for its lack of foresight and disastrous ...

Imagine walking on a bed of 60 nails. That’s how Romans soldiers did it, a recent find in Haltern am See, Germany confirmed. Archaeologists unearthed one long-lost soldier’s 2,000-year old caliga shoe ...

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.

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall, has shown that the occupants were ...