Caledonia, as it was known then, was a frustrating place to be a Roman commander. Rome tried three times to conquer it—and ...

A group of Roman re ... also fought in battles, often in the front lines where it was the most dangerous. The Roman army was huge. It was divided up into groups called ‘legions’.

In 1954, the children’s novel ‘The Eagle of the Ninth’ popularised the legend of the disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion in Caledonia. Recent research has shown the Ninth was not ...

that Liqian village could be linked to a Roman legion. He asserted that after their defeat in a battle in 53 BC, some Roman soldiers fled to the territory of the Xiongnu, which corresponds to ...

The rams were mounted at the front of Roman warships to collide with enemy ships and cause them to sink. It's believed this rostrum was used during the Battle of the Aegates between Rome and ...

At the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, an ancient Roman battering ram was found. The heavy object was used during a battle ...