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Long Before Machine Guns, Ancient Roman Troops Used This 2,000-Year-Old Rapid-Fire Weapon in Pompeii, New Research Suggests

Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...

A historian found evidence of a hidden army inside the Roman Empire

This example demonstrates that local independence may have been possible within the empire.

Roman Objects Discovered in 2,000-Year-Old Lake

Among the finds were pottery, weapons, tools and parts of a horse-drawn vehicle, snapshots of Roman logistics north of ...
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Swords, runes, and Roman gold: How the empire transformed the ancient north

Buried in Danish bogs and Swedish burial mounds, Roman weapons, coins, and military gear tell a forgotten story of ...