A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...

In the Roman army, failure on the battlefield wasn’t just punished—it was paid for in blood. When a legion broke ranks or ...

Scipio Africanus’ triumph and tragedy was to have been, as Dexter Hoyos puts it, “the greatest general in Roman history,” renowned for never having lost in battle. Invincibility brought Scipio (ca.

Under the rubble of a wall that collapsed more than two millennia ago, at the site of La Loma in northern Palencia (Spain), a ...

Modern firepower meets ancient tactics in this epic thought experiment: could a single Marine platoon overcome the might of a Roman legion? We break down the weapons, strategies, and logistics that ...

From the ninth to the first centuries BC, in the period before the Roman empire, Etruscan culture flourished in present-day ...

A Storyteller's Guide to the Picts is an illustrated history of the tribes who lived in eastern and northern Scotland from ...

At the annual Marine Corps birthday celebration in Boston Friday, veterans stressed that politics should not influence how ...

In that same decade, under Nero’s reign, the men of the IX built the fort of Lindum Colonia, the seed of the present city of Lincoln, although later, around 71 A.D., they would move to Eboracum (York) ...

As Sky HISTORY series Britain’s Lost Battlefields attempts to find where Boudica fell, we ask what provoked the Iceni queen’s ...

Tucked away in the Minnesota River Valley sits a town where cobblestone streets echo with German folk tunes, where the aroma of freshly baked pretzels wafts through the air, and where “rushing” means ...

Something From Nothing, Alison Roman’s fourth book, started with a phone message, a chicken and a jar of olives. “A friend texted me: ‘Every time I make your recipes, I’m amazed how I could make ...