#roman-history

#roman-history

Decimation was a punishment meted out by the legionaries of the Roman army on their own comrades in cases where an entire group of soldiers had typically been guilty of something like cowardice on the battlefield.

Video mapping technology and 4K laser projection brings the altar's original vivid polychrome back to life, accompanied by narration, music and sound effects.

'Women fighting beasts in arena games are attested by the written sources, but no visual source is known to show their image,' author Alfonso Mañas wrote in the International Journal of the History of Sport.

A conversation with Ed Watts about his recent book, The Romans: A 2,000 Year History, which covers two millennia of Roman history, down to 1204 AD. We talk about questions of scale in writing history, of continuity and discontinuity in the Roman experience, and what enabled this polity to last for so long.

The Römerswein, or Speyer wine bottle, is the oldest known unopened wine bottle, dating between 325 and 359 AD, discovered in a Roman tomb.

The exhibition, titled Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum, features remarkable artifacts like ancient bronze helmets, showcasing the intricacies of gladiatorial life and combat.

The discovery of a remarkably large shoe at the Roman fort of Magna illustrates the ongoing significance of archaeological research in understanding ancient military life.

"As he made the overland journey, Titus quickly realized something was amiss. He developed a dangerously high fever, and his servants rushed him toward a farmhouse close to Reate."

“The book focuses on the life of a Roman soldier in Egypt, aiming to provide new insights into Roman Rule during a transformative era.