Two Roman swords found in Gloucestershire reveal a hidden settlement dating back 2,000 years and the possible remains of a ...

Two Roman cavalry swords have been discovered by passionate local metal detectorist Glenn Manning in the Cotswolds, England. They are almost 2,000 years old and were found alongside the remnants of ...

Historians have pieced together a 2,000-year-old Roman cavalry helmet 10 years after its discovery in an Iron Age shrine and say it sheds new light on the conquering of Britain. The helmet and its ...

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Over two decades ago, a group of amateur archaeologists stumbled upon what appeared to be an ordinary, unremarkable clump of metal in a field in Leicestershire, the U.K. Initially dismissed as a mere ...

Historic soldiers will be horsing about at a South Tyneside Roman fort. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields Gazette, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (Aug. 3, 2016) -- Recently celebrating the 241st Anniversary of the founding of the Chaplain Corps on 29 July, the life and work of a Roman soldier who could be considered a ...

ROMAN cavalry will return to the Hadrian’s Wall this year for a major new exhibition. The exhibition, which will take place from April 8 to September 10, will celebrate the cavalry regiments that once ...

We are used, thanks to literature and cinema, to the image of medieval horsemen engaged in chivalry tournaments. Although this type of competition and its rules are exclusively of medieval invention, ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman cavalry helmet has shed new light on the conquest of Britain after experts pieced it back together 10 years since its discovery in an Iron Age shrine. 10 January 2012 • 12:59am ...

He claimed the gods told him to build it. “Divine instruction” is what Roman Emperor Hadrian cited as the reason he commanded a wall to be built across 73 miles of Northern England which he came to ...