A Man Found a Roman Mosaic on a Farm. It May Show a Lost Version of an Infamous Conflict.

Instead of depicting the Trojan War from Homer’s Iliad as originally deduced, the mosaic may actually be a reference to the ...

Ancient bone may be first physical evidence of Hannibal’s ‘war machine’ elephants in Western Europe

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that served as a “war machine” in an army sent to invade the Roman Republic.
Newsweek

Enormous Ancient Roman Discovery Made in Mysterious City Destroyed by War

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Roman forum from more than 2,000 years ago at the site of an unknown city. A team of researchers made the discovery at the archaeological site La Cabañeta in ...
New York Post

Divers unearth ‘extraordinary’ military treasure from ancient Roman War

A millennia-old helmet that saw ancient Rome’s first great Mediterranean war was recently unearthed in Italy. The find was announced by the Sicilian regional government in a Sept. 5 announcement. In a ...
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What Do We Know About Ancient Rome?

We've asked ancient historian and archaeologist Dr. Simon Elliott to answer the most googled questions about the roman empire. 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - When was the Roman Republic? 01:22 - Who ruled the ...