MedievalMadness on MSN

How the Goths destroyed Rome’s army at Adrianople in 378 AD

In 378 AD, the Battle of Adrianople became one of the worst disasters in Roman military history. Emperor Valens marched ...
AOL

Archaeologists Found an Ancient Roman Military Camp Hiding 7,000 Feet High in the Sky

The ancient Roman army didn’t seem to be afraid of anything, but they definitely weren’t afraid of heights, as evidenced by the discovery of a 2,000-year-old Roman military camp located 7,000 feet ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Souvenir Bowl May Have Commemorated an Ancient Roman Soldier’s Service at Hadrian’s Wall. It Was Discovered on a Spanish Farm 1,900 Years Later

The artifact is decorated with an illustration of the defensive fortification in northern England, but it was unearthed some ...
Men's Journal

Archaeologists Discover Roman-Era Military Encampment 7,000 Feet Above Sea Level

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Roman military encampment high atop a mountain range in the Swiss Alps located between eastern Switzerland and northern Italy, Live Science reported. A ...
World of Antiquity on MSN

How Roman soldiers trained at Isca Augusta

Isca Augusta was one of the most important Roman military fortresses in Britain, serving as a base for thousands of soldiers ...
National Geographic news

‘Send beer!’ Life on the Roman frontier revealed by soldiers’ private letters

From party invitations to requests for warm socks, letters discovered at Vindolanda, England gave first-hand accounts of everyday life inside a Roman fort. Roman outpostAn aerial view shows the ...
Indiatimes

1,000 Roman objects were found in Lake Switzerland, and they are almost perfectly preserved

The finding came when underwater archaeologists were searching the area in Lake Neuchâtel, which is one of the largest lakes in Switzerland. At first, the researchers thought that the dark spot in the ...