You can apparently learn a lot about Roman soldiers from the games they played. ... The two small bone objects are ...

Throughout the history of Rome, from the republic to the age of empire, the Roman Legions were the best conventional fighting ...

Archaeologists digging in the ancient Roman city of Hadrianopolis, located near Eskipazar in modern-day Turkey, have unearthed two bone tokens dating to the fifth century C.E. that they suspect ...

Roman soldiers occupying what is ... A cathedral was built over the fortress in the late 5th and 6th centuries, and the town eventually ceased to exist as a Roman outpost in the late 6th century.

Archaeologists have discovered the foundations of a "lost" second-century Roman fort in western Scotland — part of an ill-fated effort to extend the empire's control throughout Britain. The fort ...

An archaeologist has discovered an "extraordinary" ancient Roman fort that once housed hundreds of soldiers. Researcher Mark Merrony located the remains of the fort in Pembrokeshire, a county in ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time ...

But by the end of the fifth century A.D., the Western Roman Empire, from Britain to Italy, ... One Roman soldier had enormous feet, 2,000-year-old waterlogged leather shoe reveals.

Archaeologists have 'rewritten history' after analysing a mosaic at one of the UK's most famous Roman villas. The mosaic was created in the 5th century - proving sophisticated life continued long ...

Hadrian’s Wall was occupied for over 300 years and fell out of use only after the Roman army left Britain in the 5th century. Towns and cities had grown around the wall’s path, ...

When Roman soldiers weren’t out doing real soldiering, they were spending at least some of their time learning military strategy through fun and games. A team of archaeologists recently ...