Throughout its long history, Rome achieved numerous military victories that allowed it to grow, expand, and dominate nearly ...

Roman Chester – Deva Victrix – is one of the unquestioned ‘great sites’ of Roman Britain. This was a major military centre ...

The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral around ...

After the funeral service, the Pope's coffin was carried in an armour-plated ‘Popemobile’ through crowd-lined streets, across ...

An earthquake exposed an ancient theater in Croatia, and weapons were found stashed in a Russia museum.

Two new art exhibits Knights in Armor the Pavia Tapestries and Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka now open at Museum of Fine ...

The Mongol Empire was led by Genghis Khan, a conqueror who united the Mongolian tribes across Asia. Khan established a large, ...

"St George was likely a Roman soldier from 3rd Century Cappadocia, now Turkey," a spokesperson said. "His bravery inspired legends, especially the famous tale of him slaying a dragon. While the ...

Senior Roman commanders were captured or killed, and some soldiers reportedly deserted and joined the invaders. Throughout the spring and summer, small groups roamed and plundered the countryside.

In fact, most of the skirmishes (there was never a full-scale battle) were won by the Lusitanians by sheer force of numbers including their womenfolk who willingly donned armour to hold defensive ...

In a quiet neighborhood of Vienna, beneath a football field slated for renovation, the dead began to speak. Construction workers digging up a patch of turf in Simmering, a district in Austria’s ...

When construction workers started churning up skeletal remains, a project to renovate a soccer field outside Vienna, Austria, morphed into an archaeological dig, and it wasn’t l ...