In order to keep the ruthless war machine that was the Roman army going, discipline was paramount. Penalising severe offences, such as desertion and mutiny, required a particularly brutal form of ...

Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who had once served in the Roman army, escaped from slavery in 73 BCE. What began as a prison ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Roman military encampment high atop a mountain range in the Swiss Alps located ...

Archaeologists researching a battlefield in Switzerland discovered a Roman military camp 7,000 feet above sea level. The camp is roughly 2,000 years old and ties to the Roman battlefield in the ...

Included amongst the finds were slingshots embossed with the stamp of the Roman army’s third legion, an Imperial Roman army which is known to have fought upon the battlefield below.

Researchers have discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman military camp hidden in the mountains of Switzerland. The site is located in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy, at an elevation ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman military camp has been discovered hidden at unusual altitudes in the Swiss Alps. Archaeologists uncovered the site at a shocking 7,200 feet in the sky, located in the Colm ...

Archaeologists researching a battlefield in Switzerland discovered a Roman military camp 7,000 feet above sea level. The camp is roughly 2,000 years old and ties to the Roman battlefield in the Colm ...