The viral nature of the term “Roman Empire” makes it easy to forget the trend started because ancient Rome had one of the most unforgettable armies in history. A new show at the British Museum is ...
Life in a Roman legion was nasty, brutish and, providing a legionary survived his 25-year enlistment, a long march to citizenship and wealth. “Legion,” now at the British Museum, is a superb ...
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Can a Modern Platoon Take Down a Roman Legion?

Modern firepower meets ancient tactics in this epic thought experiment: could a single Marine platoon overcome the might of a ...
(CNN) – About 40 decapitated skeletons unearthed by a group of archeologists in southern England are thought to belong to “criminals” from the Roman period, researchers say. The skeletons were found ...
Archeologists are hopeful that an ancient Roman aristocrat's remains recently unearthed in northern England will shed light on the region's transition from Roman rule to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that ...