Nearly two thousand years after it was carved, a Roman-era stele came to light not through a formal excavation but during ...

About 2,000 years ago, life in the Roman town of Pompeii—located in modern-day Italy—looked a lot like life anywhere else.

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The Tribal Chief Roman Reigns stepped up, acknowledged Christmas, and helped sick children eat this holiday season. Reigns is a two-time leukemia survivor and a supporter of the Joe DiMaggio ...

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Analysis of latrine sediments at the Roman fort of Vindolanda has revealed that at least three parasites were widespread among Roman soldiers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely harsh conditions in his poem “Roman Wall Blues,” in which a soldier laments ...

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian’s Wall, has shown that the occupants were infected by three types of intestinal parasite – roundworm, whipworm, and ...

In the Roman army, failure on the battlefield wasn’t just punished—it was paid for in blood. When a legion broke ranks or fled, commanders could order decimation, a terrifying ritual where soldiers ...

In 2022, 12-year-old Rowan Brannan took his dog for a walk, but what started as a normal routine soon became an extraordinary archaeological discovery. Rowan was walking with his mother, Amanda, and ...

A newly created high-resolution map of the roads that threaded across the Roman Empire charts the ancient network from Great Britain to North Africa and has added more than 60,000 miles of roads that ...