The imperial navy had turned the Mediterranean into a Roman lake, and everywhere around the rim of the empire, Rome’s defeated enemies feared her legions—or so it seemed to optimistic Romans.

Serving as trailblazers in the early years of the Empire, Roman Legions spearheaded imperial expansion allowing Rome to dominate much of Europe and beyond in the classical era. Elon Musk says X is ...

Included amongst the finds were slingshots embossed with the stamp of the Roman army’s third legion, an Imperial Roman army which is known to have fought upon the battlefield below.

When Prasutagus, their king, died, he left half his estate to his two daughters and the other half to Nero, hoping that this tribute would win his family imperial protection. Instead, the opposite ...