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Of Poets and PestsThe story goes that Virgil had a pet housefly, and when the insect died, Virgil spent 800,000 sesterces—nearly all of his net worth—for an extravagant funeral. Celebrities swarmed ...

“The history of mankind is carried on the back of a horse” is a saying that holds true for the Roman Empire, which expanded ...

During the first half of the 2nd century AD, Bad Cannstatt, near the discovery site, was a major Roman military hub in southwest Germany. The cavalry unit ("Ala") stationed at Hallschlag, comprising ...

Archaeologists have discovered over 100 horse skeletons from Roman times, dating back to the 2nd century AD. These horse skeletons belonged to a Roman cavalry unit stationed at Hallschlag.

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More than 100 horses from a Roman cavalry unit found in Stuttgart. Credit: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege im Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart / ArchaeoBW Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument ...

Archaeologists working at Driffield Terrace, a well-preserved Roman cemetery in York, have uncovered the first direct ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.