The manufacture of Roman weapons and armor involved both civilian workshops and specialized military craftsmen, with elaborate production centers called fabricae emerging by the third century. These ...

During the Second Punic War, the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal led his forces to numerous victories. But did he really take war elephants across the Alps?

Archaeologists researching a battlefield in Switzerland discovered a Roman military camp 7,000 feet above sea level. The camp is roughly 2,000 years old and ties to the Roman battlefield in the Colm ...