Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including ...

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

Long before cats became internet icons or household companions, they earned their place by solving a very practical problem.

Learn how parasites preserved in an ancient sewer reveal how disease spread among Roman soldiers.

Roman military officers stationed in Egypt kept pet monkeys imported from India as a symbol of wealth, according to a new ...

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

In 2017, the oldest and most complete set of Roman armour was unearthed in Kalkriese, Germany. Roughly 2,000 years old, it is ...

A Roman cemetery containing 100 warhorses and a man buried among them has been discovered in Germany, posing a social and military mystery.

There were many ways in which the elites of ancient Roman society flaunted their wealth. They built vast villas, sponsored ...

Archaeologists have long known that life on the Roman frontier was harsh, but new microscopic evidence from Hadrian’s Wall ...

Military roads helped the felines domesticate about 2,000 years ago. By Laura Baisas Published Dec 1, 2025 10:40 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...