A suave bronze head of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, dominates the start of this new exhibition at the British Museum. Take a moment to savour its glaring inlaid eyes, if imperial-grade art is your ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered remains of a 1,800-year-old Roman military base that once housed thousands of soldiers. The base is located at the foot of Tel Megiddo—the site of an ancient city in ...

Researchers suggest that when Roman legions were at the empire's remote northern frontiers, they relied on local craftspeople for equipment repairs. reading time 2 minutes What would you do if, while ...

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 ...

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - From cavalry helmets to panels of goatskin used for military tents, a new exhibition looking at the lives of Roman soldiers opens at the British Museum in London this week. ...

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Archaeologists found two game pieces believed to have been used by Roman soldiers more than 1,600 years ago. The discovery ...

Evidence of a Roman industrial hub in North East England dating back over 1,900 years has been unearthed. The "extraordinary" ...

Mysteriously large shoes discovered at a Roman fort are to be put on public display. Archaeologist Rachel Frame said 34 shoes ...

Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site. The discoveries were made at Magna, an Ancient Roman fort in Northumberland, in late May.

One thousand six hundred years ago, in a city named after the famous emperor Hadrian, bored Roman soldiers spent their free ...