Before Pompeii was engulfed in volcanic ash, its walls may have been battered by an ancient "machine gun" while the city was under siege. A study has uncovered compelling evidence that Roman forces ...

For over three centuries, one military unit held the power to make — and destroy — Roman emperors. The Praetorian Guard began ...

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery died 50 years ago. In 1968, he told the BBC about the Battle of El Alamein, and his German ...

Here’s one story about how England began. By the late 4th century AD, Roman Britain was in serious decline. Its legions had ...