This site would be of little more than anecdotal interest were it not for the very interesting texts on Roman civilization.

Throughout the history of Rome, from the republic to the age of empire, the Roman Legions were the best conventional fighting ...

An author believes he has discovered a previously unknown battle involving a famous lost Roman legion. Using clues from aerial photography and chance finds in fields, archaeologist and Roman ...

"It's lovely for Worcestershire to have a story that fits into a historical framework that's known nationally and ...

It was, quite simply, an act of war. Huddled against the biting cold, many of the soldiers of the 13th Legion of the army of the Roman Republic had served under Caesar for much of the previous decade.

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 ...

A hoard of gold and silver Roman coins, found near Worcester and said to have been enough to pay a legionnaire's salary for six years, have gone on public display for the first time. The coins ...