So how did the German tribes like the Visigoths and etc defeat the Romans? They don't appear to have superior technology which would explain it otherwise. And in my imagination, the only thing that ...

In the days of ancient Rome, it was never a good idea to send amateurs to pacify the Germanic tribes. The Emperor Augustus found this out in A.D. 9, when his handpicked crony, Varus, blundered into a ...

How would you prepare for battle? If you were a Germanic warrior from Northern Europe during the Roman period, you may have sniffed some narcotics. A team of three Polish researchers, including ...

It was a long way away from the comforts of Rome, a lonely outpost in a cold, gray land. Standing in the watchtower, the Roman soldiers looked out across the hills, keeping an eye out for signs of ...

The restored horse head is on view for the first time since its discovery in 2009 Courtesy of Hessian Ministry of Science and Art Some 2,000 years ago, a monumental bronze sculpture of the Roman ...

An intern working for the Westphalie Department for the Preservation and Care of Field Monuments in Germany shocked his employers when he uncovered a rare Roman dagger at an archaeological site.