He also carried a 'pilum' (javelin), a helmet, armor, shield and a pack with supplies. Soldiers were rigorously ... taking plots of land near remote Roman forts. Rome was not always able to ...

In the hands of experienced Roman soldiers, the Manubalista was deadly: easy to move, quick to reload, and capable of launching a 7-inch, 70 mph armor-piercing projectile with terrifying accuracy.

In October 2024, a construction team came across a sea of skeletal remains while working on renovations to a soccer field in Vienna’s neighboring town of Simmerling. Archeologists from the Vienna ...

An exceptionally preserved 30-pound Roman chainmail, found in 2012 in Bonn, Germany, reveals how ancient soldiers repaired and recycled their armor when they had to take matters into their own ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world ... they had the best weapons and the best armour. When the Romans invaded Britain, their army ...

Archaeologists said the discovery of the mass grave is especially important because the Romans often cremated their dead, and so Roman inhumation burials from ...

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

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Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

VIENNA, Austria (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Archaeologists discovered a mass grave of over 100 Roman soldiers dating back ... an in-tact mass grave from ancient Rome is extremely rare since the ...