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Archaeologists find a severed Roman warning to the Celts

The discovery of a decapitated skull on a Roman frontier in northern Spain has turned a long abstract story of conquest into ...
Greek Reporter

Phalanx vs. Legion: How Greek and Roman Armies Used Different Warfare Tactics

Ancient Greek and Roman armies were large and fearsome for their time, but their warfare tactics and leadership during battle ...
IFLScience

Roman Soldiers Found Buried In Their Own Tunnel May Have Been Killed By Chemical Warfare

In the 1930s, archaeological excavations at Dura-Europos, Syria, uncovered an unusual battle scene. Skeletal remains buried near the ancient city's western walls indicated that a fight between ...
The New York Times

Do Some Men Love Ancient Rome for the Wrong Reasons?

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 ...