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The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...
A rare Roman military camp discovered deep in the Dutch Veluwe reveals the empire's reach extended far beyond its known ...
While modern soldiers may not adopt the testudo formation as the legions of old did, many Roman innovations did lead to ...
While most of the dead were robbed of their weapons and equipment, the team still discovered a Roman iron dagger with inlays of silver wire, several scales of armor that show distinct differences ...
Sometime during the first century C.E., a fierce battle took place in what is now Vienna, Austria—likely between Roman soldiers and Germanic warriors. Afterward, the battered bodies of dozens of ...
The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of more than a hundred soldiers who died in combat.
Here’s how it works. The remains of about 150 men were found in the mass grave, along with pieces of armour and weapons that indicate they were Roman soldiers.(Image credit: A. Slonek/Novetus) ...
The Roman expansion of the town of Vindobona, which later became Vienna, “from a small military site to a full-scale legionary fortress occurred in that context,” said Adler-Wölfl. “This would place ...