Hannibal of Carthage (modern Tunisia), a great military strategist, led elephants through the Alps to defeat Rome.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In the beginning of each episode of the History Channel show Decisive Battles, host Matthew Settle brags of the "new video game technology" the series ...

CIVIL WARS: A History in Ideas, by David Armitage. Alfred A. Knopf, 349 pp., $27.95. In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln used three of its 272 immortal words to describe the military cataclysm ...

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 ...

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 ...

In our modern era, warfare and political unrest seem to be skyrocketing. With conflicts emerging all around the world and countless people suffering horribly, it can be hard to look beyond our ...

A millennia-old helmet that saw ancient Rome’s first great Mediterranean war was recently unearthed in Italy. The find was announced by the Sicilian regional government in a Sept. 5 announcement. In a ...

Imperiums: Greek Wars is a combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Inspired by Aggressors: Ancient Rome, Kube Games bring you a fresh look at a ...

Imperiums: Greek Wars is a combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Inspired by Aggressors: Ancient Rome, Kube Games bring you a fresh look at a ...

The 2,200-year-old artifact was used in a famous battle between Rome and Carthage as part of the Punic Wars. Reading time 2 minutes An Italian cultural heritage outfit has announced the recovery of a ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Like the ancient empire it's based on, Rome: Total War wasn't built in a day. The upcoming third game in Creative Assembly's popular strategy series ...