An ancient map showing Thrace, Macedonia, and other past kingdoms. duncan1890/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images In antiquity, cavalry horses were trained to endure the piercing pipe music that led ...

In our modern era, warfare and political unrest seem to be skyrocketing. With conflicts emerging all around the world and countless people suffering horribly, it can be hard to look beyond our ...

An army of 100,000 to 200,000 is a huge army compared to how European/Mediterranean armies were sized at the time. Probably bigger than any army put together in one spot by the Greeks or Romans. The ...

The bone of a "sizeable" elephant that may have taken part in combat thousands of years ago has been uncovered in southern Spain. Archaeologists found the carpal bone of an "elephant of large ...

Professor Coleman is the James Loeb Professor of Classical Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard University, as well a Senior Research Curator at the Harvard Art Museums. Professor ...

William Garin (Matt Damon) witnesses the elite Nameless Order clash with a monstrous horde for the first time. Get your Popcorn Pick! Watch The Great Wall here: <a href=" In ancient China, a group of ...

Scientists and modern soldiers tested a replica of the 3,500-year-old Dendra armor in a hands-on experiment and found it was functional, a study said. Photo from Andreas Flouris and Marija Marković, ...

How would you prepare for battle? If you were a Germanic warrior from Northern Europe during the Roman period, you may have sniffed some narcotics. A team of three Polish researchers, including ...

Archaeologists believe they have uncovered evidence of an ancient biblical battle, all thanks to a few broken fragments found in a curious location. The artifacts, which mostly consist of Egyptian ...

War might not be the locomotive of history, but it drives the writing of the world’s most-published historian. Jeremy Black’s extraordinary body of work regularly returns to themes in military history ...

Designed from the ground up Ancient Battle: Rome gives a unique wargaming experience. Use Roman legionaries, elephants, catapults, heavy and light cavalry, archers, slingers, fanatics and many other ...