In the spring of 367 CE, Roman Britain was besieged from all sides and by all kinds of forces. Harvests shriveled. Soldiers ...

It is unlikely that armies have fared any better throughout history without proper sanitation and waste management. Consider, ...

However, the Empire used many of these tribes as military forces in the Roman Army. In AD410, a tribe called the Visigoths stormed into the city of Rome. They killed many people and the Roman ...

At the core of the army were its legions ... taking plots of land near remote Roman forts. Rome was not always able to honor the important promise of land. In 14 AD, just after Tiberius had ...

However, it can also be simply read as a valuable sourcebook about ancient Rome and its political situation at that pivotal moment. Mulligan begins by weaving a story about an ancient Roman who visits ...

Who was the real Macrinus, Rome’s North African emperor? The real ancient Roman plot that inspired 'Megalopolis' The real ancient Roman plot that inspired 'Megalopolis' This German town is a ...

The ancient story of the Aeneid, by Latin poet Virgil, describes the story’s hero Aeneas encountering harpies on his quest to found Rome, saying: Maiden faces have these birds, foulest filth ...

As someone who’s spent years researching the economy of Ancient Rome, it all feels a shade familiar. In fact, tariffs were also used in Ancient Rome, and for some of the reasons that governments ...