What started as a routine dig became an epic find. The Unearthed crew uncovers a stunning hoard of medieval silver coins evidence that rewrites the story of trade, wealth, and survival on this ancient ...

When the emperor Hadrian visited the province of Britannia in A.D. 122, he was in full command of the entire Roman Empire, which stretched some 2,500 miles east from northern Great Britain to ...

The troops stationed along Hadrian’s Wall came from across the empire—from modern Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria—and also included local recruits.

Analysis of latrine sediments at the Roman fort of Vindolanda has revealed that at least three parasites were widespread among Roman soldiers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely harsh conditions in his poem “Roman Wall Blues,” in which a soldier laments ...

After Robert Pattinson’s first look from Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey surfaced online, fans couldn’t stop praising it. Many applauded not just his striking appearance but also how perfectly cast he ...

Nolan, fresh off his Oscar-winning Oppenheimer, is tackling one of the oldest and most expansive stories ever written. The Odyssey, first composed around the 8th century BC, follows Odysseus, king of ...