Over the course of its majestic, turbulent and bloody 1,000-year history, Ancient Rome gave rise to many extraordinary stories which live on to this day. Tales filled with unforgettable, ...

The Cantabrian Wars (29-16 BC) represented Rome's final push to subjugate the last independent Celtic peoples in western continental Europe. The conflicts were so challenging that Augustus himself ...

The disappearance of Rome's Ninth Legion has long baffled historians, but could a brutal ambush have been the event that forged the England-Scotland border, asks archaeologist Dr Miles Russell, of ...

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 ...

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"Without fear, we are free!" Saban Films has unveiled an official trailer for the war film The Legion, from Spanish producer / director José Magán. Mickey Rourke and Bai Ling star in this epic tale of ...

Volunteer archaeologist and dental student Lucas Schmid discovered the silver and brass dagger in 2019. The discovery with a metal detector led to an excavation of a Roman battlefield. Further work ...