In October 2024, a construction team came across a sea of skeletal remains while working on renovations to a soccer field in ...

Archaeologists said the discovery of the mass grave is especially important because the Romans often cremated their dead, and ...

This story appears in the September 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Bouncing along a dusty Bavarian logging road, archaeologist Claus-Michael Hüssen keeps his eyes on the tree line to ...

Sometime between the mid-first century and early second century CE, Roman legionaries clashed with Germanic fighters near the ...

The recent discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of approximately 150 individuals in Simmering, Vienna, represents ...

His first books covered areas of particular interest – the life of his father-in-law, Agricola; a discussion of oratory and a description of Germania, the Roman frontier on the river Rhine.

It covers almost 600km of the whole Roman Empire’s Danube frontier. The property formed part of the much large frontier of the Roman Empire that encircled the Mediterranean Sea. The Danube Limes ...

However, chariots may not have been used only for battles, but perhaps for transport between the Roman frontier forts.

Calgacus and his army fled but the Caledonians returned many times to raid the Roman frontier. Awesome! Oh! Sorry. What was a typical battle between the Romans and the Caledonians like?

What better way could there be to explore Hadrian’s Wall, the Roman Empire’s most northerly frontier, than as part of a stunning coast-to-coast bike ride suitable for cyclists of all abilities?