A Roman soldier stationed at Hadrian’s Wall had feet so big that he would have had trouble finding shoes that fit in today’s ...

University students and archaeologists located an ancient Roman military camp beyond the empire’s northern frontier in the Netherlands. Photo from Constructing the Limes A team of university ...

They are those which prior to the overthrow of the German, or Holy Roman Empire, enjoyed the right ... a mediatized house to a commission in the army on attaining his eighteenth birthday without ...

Was the Holy Roman Empire really a state? It did not, of course, have a regular army or a genuine navy. Its diplomatic services were scattered and its affairs often conducted by rival chancelleries.

Pius VI was one of the best Napoleonic Wars generals and was eventually captured by Napoleon's army, imprisoned ... conflicts such as with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, and headed the attempt ...