Archaeologists have recently unearthed a 2,000-year-old Roman military camp, nestled high in the Swiss Alps at an altitude of over 7,000 feet. Initially mistaken for an ancient Roman dwelling, this ...

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 ...

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 recently unearthed the remains of ancient Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt — a first for one of Eastern Germany’s larger states. The discovery was announced by the State Office for ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A funerary stele discovered in Spain shows Roman auxiliary cavalry unit movements from the first century C.E. Tied to the Julio-Claudian period, the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Archaeology students excavate the site of Hoog Buurlo in the Netherlands, where they found a ...

About 2,000 years ago, the powerful Roman Empire established a boundary at the northern edge of its territory in continental Europe: the Lower German Limes, which stretched across the Rhine River in ...

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 ...

A team of university students sifted through chalky dirt in the Netherlands looking for artifacts or other traces of ancient Roman activity. For years, they’d been piecing together the site’s history, ...