Deep-sea divers from the Society for the Documentation of Submerged Sites, working with Sicily’s Superintendency of the Sea, discovered the bronze helmet—this one complete with cheekpieces, an ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman headstone that once belonged to a sailor in the praetorian fleet of ancient Rome has been discovered ...

How did an ancient Roman tombstone end up buried in a New Orleans back garden? An accidental discovery became an ...

Renovations on a soccer field outside of Vienna, Austria, uncovered a Roman-era mass grave that held the remains of roughly 150 males. Experts believe the site was likely a battlefield where a ...

In two new books, the historians Adrian Goldsworthy and Tom Holland portray an empire that knew how to hold back from a fight and make room for upstarts. Someone’s husband trying on a Roman centurion ...

Excavations in a southern Italy town revealed ancient fortified walls that fell to a Roman siege. CNR ISPC (Archaeological Mapping Laboratory) Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the ...

An ancient Roman bronze helmet from 241 B.C. was discovered in extraordinary condition near Italy's Aegates Islands, where the First Punic War battle took place.

Congratulations to John Donahue, who has published his new book, Brill’s Companion to Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare. Professor Donahue, along with his coeditor Lee L. Brice, has ...

This video analyzes how would a rifle platoon of modern-day US marines do against a whole Roman legion. What does each side ...

Here's what you’ll learn when you read this story: Excavation in Salzburg, Austria, ahead of a new residential development unearthed a Roman villa from the second or third century C.E. and a rare ...