The Huns were nomadic warriors, likely from Asia, who are best known for invading and terrorizing Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and hastening the downfall of the Western Roman Empire.

Excavations of the northern defensive ditches of Magna Fort have revealed 32 shoes buried in the “semi-anaerobic low oxygen deposits,” according to a July 2 news release from the Vindolanda Charitable ...

It wasn’t until the middle of the 16th century that the city became part of the Kingdom of France. By then, the city had been ...

Archaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the ...

Jewish veterans from the Roman army — and not Shimon Bar Kochba — may have initially led the 2nd-century Jewish rebellion against the Romans commonly known as the “Bar Kochba Revolt.” The ...

Roman Chester – Deva Victrix – is one of the unquestioned ‘great sites’ of Roman Britain. This was a major military centre from its late 1st-century AD origins through to its abandonment in the late ...

Ancient Rome Extreme droughts triggered the great barbarian invasion of Roman Britain in the mid-4th century AD by Guillermo Carvajal April 18, 2025 ...

As history shows, Rome wasn’t known for its lack of military campaigns. But until the fourth century CE, Romans didn’t even bury bodies.Instead, they cremated them.

The dawn of the 3rd century found the Romans under continuous attacks by barbarian tribes from the North and West, culminating with the invasion of the Huns in Europe in the late 4th century. The once ...

Italy isn’t the only place with awe-inspiring ruins from the Roman Empire. Avoid the crowds and see the broader picture of Roman history at these 10 destinations across Europe and northern Africa.