Discover Belisarius, the military genius who reconquered Rome, Africa, and Italy for the Byzantine Empire with a tiny elite ...

Before Pompeii was engulfed in volcanic ash, its walls may have been battered by an ancient "machine gun" while the city was under siege. A study has uncovered compelling evidence that Roman forces ...

New study suggests Pompeii siege damage may reveal use of an ancient rapid-fire weapon, reshaping views of Roman warfare.

Long before Pompeii was covered in ash and pumice during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, the people of the doomed ...

The project focused on a semicircular piazza outside the arena, where spectators crowded under two arcades comprised of ...

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Ancient cultures, including those of Zeus and Jupiter, viewed lightning as divine power, though thinkers like Seneca sought ...

Heritage is at the heart of a wine making project in Pompeii that is aiming to re-establish the southern Italian volcanic ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a ...

New research suggests that the Romans may have used an ancient machine gun-like weapon, the polybolos, during the Siege of ...

Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.