The Siege of Falerii stands out as the only Roman war won through an act of kindness, showcasing a strategy that led to their ...

The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of ...

When construction workers started churning up skeletal remains, a project to renovate a soccer field outside Vienna, Austria, ...

VIENNA -- As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an ...

Archaeologists have identified a mysterious stone structure in Austria - previously known as "Desolate Castle" or Ödes ...

All parts of the Greek and later Roman world were built upon exploiting either their conquered foes or those with the simple misfortune of being born in the wrong place at the wrong time. Despite its ...

Join us for the first series of History’s Greatest Battles, where we’re heading back to the Roman empire.

“Analysis revealed a single-layer settlement dating from the late Roman period, ending abruptly with a fire dated no earlier than 347 A.D. based on coin evidence,” the authors wrote in the study. “The ...

In back-to-back wars fought between A.D. 101 and 106, the emperor Trajan mustered tens of thousands of Roman troops, crossed the Danube River on two of the longest bridges the ancient world had ...

"Within the context of Roman acts of war, there are no comparable finds of fighters," said Michaela Binder, who led the archaeological dig. "There are huge battlefields in Germany where weapons ...

In the first century, after the death of Herod the Great, Judea goes through a long period of turbulence due to the actions of the corrupt Roman governors ... and a cruel war that lasts several ...