In today’s sizes, the shoes would have been the equivalent of a UK men’s size 12 to 14, which is 13 to 15 in the US. In ...

Archeologists discovered a heavily handled penis pendant at a fort erected near northern England landmark Hadrian’s Wall and believe it was used by a Roman soldier as a good luck charm.

Joined by top Roman historian Dr Simon Elliott, we march along a section of Hadrian's Wall in full Roman armour, but will we make it to the safety of Birdoswald Roman fort?

Sometime during the first century C.E., a fierce battle took place in what is now Vienna, Austria—likely between Roman soldiers and Germanic warriors. Afterward, the battered bodies of dozens ...

The remains of about 150 Roman soldiers have been discovered beneath a soccer field in the Austrian capital of Vienna, indicating a fierce battle against Germanic warriors happened there in the ...

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Sometime between the mid-first century and early second century CE, Roman legionaries clashed with ... that the human remains likely belonged to soldiers who died during a battle involving ancient ...

Prehistoric people may have used throwing spears to hunt large animals 300,000 years ago – and perhaps as far back as 2 million years ago. A new analysis of preserved wooden spears indicates ...

Archaeologists excavating a 4,900-year-old fortress in Almendralejo, southwestern Spain, have uncovered the burial of a man who may have been a Roman soldier. The solitary, shallow grave was ...

Hunters used the skill of throwing a long stick with a spear at one end to kill animals while soldiers deployed it as a weapon in ... The Games officially ended around 394 AD after Roman emperor ...