New research suggests the Romans may have used a machine gun-like weapon during the Siege of Pompeii. Published in Heritage, the study delves into the remnants of Pompeii’s northern wall, revealing ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers have uncovered evidence that a weapon known as the polybolos—or multi-thrower—was used during the Roman conquest of Pompeii. Originally ...

Almost 2,000 years ago, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was buried by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Just over a century before that, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a Roman general who later ...

Did Roman soldiers under General Lucius Cornelius Sulla use the world’s first machine gun in their siege to subdue the rebel city of Pompeii in 89 B.C.E? Italian researchers found evidence of deep ...