While Rome won the Second Punic War, it struck a fundamental blow to Rome’s martial manpower and military resolve. The Republic was haunted by the ghosts of Carthage and Hannibal’s campaign on Italian ...

A recent study published in the Hungarian Journal of Legal Studies reveals interesting details about the system of public contracts in the Roman Republic, highlighting the delicate interaction between ...

Classical sources differ in interpreting why he chose such a position: some attribute it to the expectation that the main attack of the Cimbri would come from there, while others suggest he planned to ...

Caracalla (188–217 AD), born Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later named Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was a Roman emperor from ...

Armed forces deployed by the mid-Roman Republic From Wikipedia ... The second phase featured operations both in Italy (during Hannibal's invasion 218–203 BC) and other regions of the western ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Roman military structure in Turkey dating to the fourth century, when Emperor ...

By learning the secrets of 2,000-year-old cement, researchers are trying to devise greener, more durable modern options.

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, we may ...