The forum was the "heart" of ancient Roman cities, serving as a hub for commercial, political, religious and social activities.

Throughout history, sieges have been a testament to the resilience, strategy, and endurance of both attackers and defenders.

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

Other Roman sources emphasized their formidable military skills as mounted archers ... According to the sixth-century historian Jordanes, the fighting began at midday with a clash between pro ...

of the various themes underlying the warfare of the Roman world from the Late Republic to the sixth-century empire of Justinian and his successors. For each broad period developments in troop-types, ...

Nabataeans established a mysterious, ancient kingdom and had a reputation for great accomplishments with links to Greece and ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

Booming populations such as Rome’s—thought to have reached one million in the first century A.D.—needed an entire system of aqueducts not only for drinking water but also for supplying ...

At a time when the passage of time was dictated by the movement of the sun and the seasons, the introduction of “clock time” ...

So the Parthenon was an attempt on the part of Pericles and Athens to assert the city's cultural, political, and military dominance ... than the fifth century. In the sixth century, in what ...

Its distinctive board of concentric squares has been found carved onto Roman building sites and Renaissance church ... Chess ...

Make the most of your stay in beautiful Málaga, Spain with our top picks for activities to do on a one-day tour. Get ready ...