The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

It is also the first-known mass grave of Roman soldiers and Germanic tribes in Vienna. What made the discovery particularly unusual was the fact that any Roman soldiers were found at all ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

This is an ambitious work that attempts to put three historical themes about the Celtic peoples into one. It is more a commentary on the works of the historians pertaining to those themes.

The timeline makes sense in the context of historic texts, which describe battles between the Roman Empire and Germanic tribes toward the end of the first century. In 92 C.E, for instance ...

The first phase began around 170 to 180 A.D. when the Romans built the fort as a reinforcement against Germanic tribes. The second phase took place around 260 A.D. when another Roman emperor ...

revealing rare but gruesome evidence of clashes between the Romans and Germanic tribes. — A vast ocean glow reported for more than 400 years has stumped scientists, but they say they’re ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. An intriguing object my husband and I saw during our ...

Around this time, under Emperor Domitian, the Roman Empire was locked in vicious clashes along its northern frontier—the Danube River—against the Germanic tribes. “Our preliminary ...