The most feared weapons of the ancient world didn’t necessarily break the mold when it came to battlefield innovation. In some cases, these were perfectly in line with the weapons used by other peer ...

Arms technology is one of the driving forces behind warfare. While there was a period where most of humanity was on an even playing field, the history of warfare is one defined by technological ...

Excavations in a southern Italy town revealed ancient fortified walls that fell to a Roman siege. CNR ISPC (Archaeological Mapping Laboratory) Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the ...

Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the Messapii people crossed the Adriatic Sea and called the Italian peninsula home. They built a culture that lasted for nearly 800 years, but it was no ...

Imagine Ancient Rome at its peak, spreading across Europe like an unstoppable tide of sandals and swagger. Today, we can still visit some of the best Roman ruins in Rome, but the empire stretched far ...