Turns out that getting screwed over by the green weenie is a time-honored military tradition that dates back centuries By James Clark Updated Feb 8, 2021 1:53 PM EST A 1,900-year-old scrap of papyrus ...
The survival of a brimmed wool cap that is roughly 1,600-year-old offers an unusually intimate glimpse into how a single Roman soldier may have faced the brutal light and grit of Egypt. Instead of ...
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 ...
A payslip from 1,900 years ago found in Masada, shows a Roman auxiliary soldier was left broke after the military deducted the costs of his food, clothing and equipment from his salary. According to ...
THEY may have ruled half the world 2,000 years ago, but even the mighty Romans were a bit stingy when it came to paying their staff. An ancient payslip uncovered by archaeologists has revealed how a ...
Archaeologists uncovered the 2,000-year-old Flaccus tomb at Heerlen's Raadhuisplein during a town-square excavation.