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 ...

As Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne instituted ... Louis held power until 840, but he lacked skill as a statesman and soldier, and the empire fell to pieces. But all was not lost.

They’d located a “rare” ancient Roman military camp — beyond the empire’s northern border. But the project didn’t start in the field. It started at a desk when Jens Go ...

Soldiers in the front were protected by a ... Charlemagne’s successors built what came to be known as the Holy Roman Empire. Between 962 and 1806, it would control most of modern-day Germany ...

It pitched Catholics against Protestants, Lutherans against Calvinists and Catholics against Catholics across the Holy Roman Empire ... more civilians died than soldiers, and famine was so ...