History remembers the broad strokes of ancient warfare. We’ll never forget things like gunpowder, the phalanx, and war ...
In theory, putting down the rebels of the First Jewish Revolt should have been easy for the mighty Roman empire. But ...
Before there was a Roman Empire, Carthage ruled the world. A seafaring, wealthy, and opulent Phoenecian metropolis situated in modern Tunisia, its power and influence preceded it—but then the small ...
A millennia-old helmet that saw ancient Rome’s first great Mediterranean war was recently unearthed in Italy. The find was announced by the Sicilian regional government in a Sept. 5 announcement. In a ...
Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Roman forum from more than 2,000 years ago at the site of an unknown city. A ...
LONG before Pompeii’s residents were killed by molten rock blasting from Mount Vesuvius they faced another fast-moving threat ...
Battlescars etched into the stone walls of Pompeii may offer the first known evidence of a mechanical weapon that was ...