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Revenge on the Rhine: How Rome Got Even After the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

by Tacitus, Jerry D. Morelock and Zita Ballinger Fletcher4/3/20234/3/2023

Spurred to anger after finding their fallen comrades in Germany, Roman soldiers snatched a victory from the jaws of defeat.

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From Rocks to Bombs: Even in Ancient Times, Soldiers Wrote Messages on Ammunition

by Alex Griffith3/28/20233/28/2023

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How Highways Helped the Ancient Persians Become the World’s First Superpower

by M.G. Haynes3/15/20233/15/2023

The Military History of Hanukkah

by Jon Guttman12/19/202212/19/2022

Lucullus exhorts his legionaries at Tigranocerta

The Roman General Who Actually Died in Bed, Not Battle

by Matthew T. Beazley12/14/202212/14/2022

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Why Is The Roman Gladius Such An Iconic Weapon?

by Chris McNab11/16/202211/16/2022

Rome's victory over Hannibal

‘Carthage Must Be Destroyed!’ Cried a Roman Statesman. So That’s Just What Rome Did.

by Marc G. DeSantis8/23/20228/23/2022

A Soldiers’ Temple: Roman Military Sanctuary Discovered in the Netherlands

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher7/28/20227/28/2022

Book Review: ‘The War That Made the Roman Empire’

by David Kindy7/15/20229/16/2022

Command and Control in the Roman Army

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher6/20/20229/21/2022