The tablet had been in an ancient cemetery of around 20 graves of military personnel, found in the 1860s in Civitavecchia, a ...
In ancient Rome, generals could not bring their troops into the city of Rome itself. The reasons for this are as obvious to ...
Seven fully preserved skeletons found in an ancient city in Croatia have been identified as Roman soldiers who would have ...
Archaeologists excavating an ancient well in eastern Croatia have discovered the skeletons of seven men whose bodies had been tossed in haphazardly. Experts think the remains belong to Roman soldiers ...
Daniella Santoro was doing yardwork at her New Orleans house in March when she discovered a mysterious tablet covered in ...
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Rome’s Secret Soldier God

Did you know the Roman army revered a little-known god named Jupiter Dolichenus? Join Dr. M as he uncovers the secrets of this unusual deity at the ancient Roman site of Vindolanda.
Roman soldier Sextus Congenius Verus was buried 1,900 years ago in Italy. So how did his grave marker end up in a backyard in ...
Now, analysis suggests that the skeletons belonged to seven men who were Roman soldiers. Four of the seven skeletons belonged ...
If the founders of America had been forced to surrender in 1775, as the Judeans were in 63 BCE, and had continued to fight ...
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Gortyna on the Greek island of Crete have made an unusual discovery: a life-size statue depicting a pig. The rare find, uncovered during July and August ...
I’M not a team player – and that’s why I really suck at Battlefield 6. It also makes me feel old. Really old. I’ve failed to ...