While modern soldiers may not adopt the testudo formation as the legions of old did, many Roman innovations did lead to ...

To the team’s surprise, the excavation unearthed a permanent Roman military camp. Such camps were prevalent in coastal regions of Gaul, the Roman name for modern-day France, but rare for inland ...

Digging into the pale brown dirt of southern France, archaeologists painstakingly revealed more and more of a rare ancient Roman site. One structure in particular caught their attention — and ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman military camp has been discovered high in the mountains of Switzerland. The camp was connected to an ancient battle that raged between the Romans and a local tribe.

Digging into the pale brown dirt of southern France, archaeologists painstakingly revealed more and more of a rare ancient Roman site. One structure in particular caught their attention — and ...

Photos show the ancient Roman structure. ... It was a specific type of ancient Roman military base known as a bridgehead fort, the academy said. The 1850s archaeologists were right.