Throughout the history of Rome, from the republic to the age of empire, the Roman Legions were the best conventional fighting force in world history up to the end of the empire in the 5th century AD.

The study focuses on the comparison between German regions that were part of the Roman Empire, protected by the famous Limes wall, and those that remained outside its influence. According to the ...

Archaeologists in Germany have discovered the 1,700-year-old burial of a "barbarian" who lived on the edge of the Roman Empire and was given valuable grave goods, including glassware, pottery and ...

Students of Utrecht University and Saxion University of Applied Sciences have discovered a Roman army camp on the Veluwe, ...

Roman soldiers typically stayed at temporary camps for a few days or weeks before continuing marching. The Hoog Buurlo camp ...

A study of the Roman conquest of Anatolia reveals how imperial expansion fueled economic growth but ultimately triggered ...

A metal detectorist in Germany has unearthed a hoard of nearly 3,000 Roman-era coins in an unusual place — north of the empire's defensive lines. When you purchase through links on our site ...

The site, which likely once housed a roman cavalry unit, shows evidence of the respect soldiers had for their mounts.

At its height, the Roman Empire ruled all the countries around ... They did control some parts of southern and southwestern Germany, however. The Greeks built an empire before the Romans that ...

Archaeologists found more than 100 horse skeletons dating to the Roman Empire in what is now Stuttgart, Germany. | Credit: State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council ...

"There are huge battlefields in Germany where weapons were found. But finding the dead, that is unique for the entire Roman history." Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the ...