What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle Where it is from: Dura-Europos, Syria When it was made: Second century A.D. Related: Babylonian tablet preserves student's ...

The Etruscans and Romans were fierce rivals and clashed in pivotal wars. What were the major battles that defined this ancient conflict?

Caledonian tribes pushed back and fought against the Romans in a famous battle called Mons Graupius in 83 AD. But who won and did victory last? ANITA: The Romans in Scotland, Agricola and the ...

He breaks down the Roman naval warfare tactics in "Cleopatra," starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. He explains the dangers of chariot racing in "Ben-Hur," starring Charlton Heston.

Yes, because they invaded the north part of what we now know as Britain, but no, because it wasn’t called Scotland 2,000 years ago. The Romans actually knew it as Caledonia. Do we know they ...

Nero considers withdrawing altogether, but then the governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus defeats her in a single battle ... and Dio Cassius (Roman History 62:1-12).

Over the next few years, they defeated their enemies in Rome and chased the survivors to Greece, where they finished them off in two of the bloodiest battles in Roman history. The killing over ...

The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral around a 126-foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan’s Column.

But he said it was a possible the artefact was a "trophy won in battle". He said: "It's the only Roman artefact recovered from the site. If the inhabitants had established regular trade with Roman ...

A beautiful and rare Roman brooch may have been taken as a “battle trophy” by an Iron Age community in south-west Scotland and buried in the foundations of their settlement for luck and ...