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Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation of the Stuttgart Regional Council have found the remains of more than a hundred Roman horses in the Bad Cannstatt district of the German ...

Bad Cannstatt was an important Roman military site during the first half of the second century AD. The local cavalry likely maintained over 700 animals—animals that needed food, shelter, and ...

The burial has been found in Liternum, an ancient town in Campania that flourished from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD. Although there were some female gladiators, this individual was ...

Archaeological excavations in the Kaleto district of the Bulgarian town of Lom, which concluded recently, uncovered significant Roman military remains dating back to the 1st century AD, BNR reports.

The Roman cavalry was light but during the chaotic 3rd century AD, Romans adapted cataphracts, as Emperor Gallienus (ruled 253–268 AD) and his general and putative usurper Aureolus (died 268) arguably ...

Caltrops were also deployed by Russian troops against British cavalry during the Battle of Balaclava (1854), and even at sea, caltrops were employed to give boarding parties a nasty surprise.

Xanthippus was a Spartan general commissioned by the Carthaginians during their war against the Romans. Credit (Multiple Authors): Louvre Museum / Emilio Rubio Villanueva / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Elliott ...

The artifact was discovered in 2001 alongside a treasure trove of coins and pig bones near a 1st-century shrine. Today it is considered one of the U.K.’s most significant discoveries from the ...

The term “pugio” derives from the Latin word for “dagger,” and these weapons were used from the 1st century BC until the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. Image: iStock ...

The helmet has been dated to the mid 1st Century AD, a crucial time for Britain as this saw the full-scale invasion of the island by four Roman legions in 43AD.