The newly discovered fort is estimated to have covered between 5 and 7.5 acres (2-3 hectares), large enough to house around 500 Roman soldiers, indicating it likely served as an auxiliary fort.

AUXERRE, FRANCE—During excavation of a gravel pit on the shores of the Yonne River in 1966, workers uncovered the foundations of a Roman villa just south of the Roman town of Au ...

During construction work in a city of central France, archaeologists uncovered a tunnel opening and found a system of ancient Roman passageways. Photos show what remains of the underground structures.

The region of Brittany, located in western France, came under Roman control after Julius Caesar’s conquest in 56 BCE. The Romans quickly began building roads to connect rural areas with cities.

World Rare ancient Roman ruins in France hid exceptional structure — until now. See it By Aspen Pflughoeft November 06, 2024 3:17 PM ...

Archaeologists have uncovered nearly 400 previously unknown Roman forts built about 1,900 years ago and buried across modern-day Iraq and Syria by re-examining Cold war-era satellite images. The ...

How was the army organised? Most soldiers in the Roman Empire came from countries outside Italy. There were soldiers from Africa, France, Germany, Spain and the Middle East.

A farmer in Wales had a field that just made life too difficult. He was continually hitting slate and stone. It turns out, there was a good reason for all the struggle: a buried Roman fort. Mark ...

As the Cold War raged, U.S. spy satellites snapped photos of the rugged desert landscapes of Syria, Iraq and Turkey. In the process, the satellites documented hundreds of ancient Roman ruins. For ...