Experts at the Vienna Museum provided a public presentation of the mass grave this week, which had the bodies of more than ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time ...

While renovating a soccer field in Vienna last October, construction crews uncovered a remarkable discovery: a mass grave ...

"This is the first clear evidence that mail armor was being repaired outside a Roman military installation," said Dr. Martijn Wijnhoven, according to Gizmodo. The discovery underscores the ...

The Romans occupied what's now Spain from 218 B.C. until roughly the fourth century A.D. The fortress burial included a " pugio " — the standard dagger of the Roman army — that suggests the dead man ...

The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The soldiers were the best trained ...

Although it may have seemed civilized to certain people at certain times, the Roman Empire was built on brute force and military strength. Local inhabitants obeyed Roman rule because the ...

The extreme and rapid nature of Mount Vesuvius' pyroclastic flows vitrified the brain tissue of the unfortunate Roman soldier thousands of years ago.

“The sensational discovery of a Roman military camp in Graubünden once again underlines the fact that archaeological research in 'Roman Switzerland' continues to produce wonderful surprises ...

The soldiers were the best trained, they had the best weapons and the best armour. The Roman army conquered a huge empire. A Roman soldier could march 20 miles a day, wearing all his armour and ...