Archaeologists have long known that life on the Roman frontier was harsh, but new microscopic evidence from Hadrian’s Wall shows just how miserable daily existence could be for the troops who guarded ...

The tomb and its personal artifacts are some of the first true pieces of evidence of an early Roman presence in the area. The ...

Cambridge researchers examined ancient sewer drain sediment and found the Roman soldiers were far from comfortable. They suffered from intestinal worms and diarrhea, according to a news release by ...

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely ...

An analysis of sewer drains from a Roman fort has shown that the occupants were contaminated with three types of intestinal ...

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall, has shown that the occupants were ...

Roundworms are eight- to 12-inches-long and live in the intestines, They can cause abdominal pain, fever, and diarrhea. The types of roundworms typically in humans include pinworms and ascariasis, but ...

Excavations of sewer drains at a Roman fort in northern England have revealed the presence of several parasites that can ...

Imagine walking on a bed of 60 nails. That’s how Romans soldiers did it, a recent find in Haltern am See, Germany confirmed. Archaeologists unearthed one long-lost soldier’s 2,000-year old caliga shoe ...

For more than 600 years, the chainmail worn by Roman soldiers was essential gear across the entire empire, no matter where a soldier was stationed. The further the frontier stretched from supply ...

What it tells us about the past: This tall, semi-cylindrical shield, which is in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, is one of the few surviving examples of a Roman "scutum," the most ...