Greek Reporter

Phalanx vs. Legion: How Greek and Roman Armies Used Different Warfare Tactics

Ancient Greek and Roman armies were large and fearsome for their time, but their warfare tactics and leadership during battle ...

Ancient Spanish skull reveals Roman campaign of intimidation, adds to sparse record of war

A single human skull uncovered in Spain revealed the Roman army’s assertion of dominance over their rivals in the first century B.C.The 2020 discovery of the skull was recently published in the ...
Ancient Origins

Roman War Trophy: Decapitated Celtic Warrior's Skull Found In Spain

The Cantabrian Wars (29-16 BC) represented Rome's final push to subjugate the last independent Celtic peoples in western continental Europe. The conflicts were so challenging that Augustus himself ...
IFLScience

Roman Soldiers Found Buried In Their Own Tunnel May Have Been Killed By Chemical Warfare

In the 1930s, archaeological excavations at Dura-Europos, Syria, uncovered an unusual battle scene. Skeletal remains buried near the ancient city's western walls indicated that a fight between ...
The New York Times

Do Some Men Love Ancient Rome for the Wrong Reasons?

In two new books, the historians Adrian Goldsworthy and Tom Holland portray an empire that knew how to hold back from a fight and make room for upstarts. Someone’s husband trying on a Roman centurion ...
Men's Journal

Ultra-Rare Roman-Era War Relic Recovered From Ocean

Maritime archaeolgists discovered a wealth of other artifacts, as well. A bronze war relic dating back to 241 B.C. has been discovered in Sicilian waters, one of the most complete examples of such a ...