Archaeologists have unearthed an enormous leather shoe while digging at the bottom of an "ankle-breaker" defensive ditch at a ...

It was a vast and haunting graveyard of Roman ... cavalry unit called an Ala. These units typically included around 500 mounted troops, responsible for patrolling the outer edge of the Roman ...

Ranking immediately below senators, equestrians became an important human resource, whose work underpinned the smooth running of the Roman Empire. As its name suggests, the equestrian class was ...

a type of weapon that was commonly issued to cavalry officers riding on horseback during the Roman Empire between the first century and third century A.D., according to a statement. You may like ...

An ancient Roman cavalry helmet discovered in 2001 will go ... At the time the helmet was in use, the Roman Empire was in the early stages of colonizing Britain. Emperor Claudius launched one ...

According to a recent study, the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA), a climate crisis in the 6th century lasting 200 to 300 years, may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire ...