Smithsonian Magazine

Long Before Machine Guns, Ancient Roman Troops Used This 2,000-Year-Old Rapid-Fire Weapon in Pompeii, New Research Suggests

Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...
Smithsonian Magazine

See the 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Roman Cargo From an Accidental Shipwreck Discovered at the Bottom of a Lake in Switzerland

Divers recovered weapons, tools, pieces of horse-drawn chariots, ceramic plates, platters and goblets. One archaeologist ...
AOL

Ahead of Their Time: Ancient Weapons That Were Brilliance in Action

Arms technology is one of the driving forces behind warfare. While there was a period where most of humanity was on an even playing field, the history of warfare is one defined by technological ...
Tri-City Herald

Romans lay siege to Italian town centuries ago. Now, their weapons are recovered

Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the Messapii people crossed the Adriatic Sea and called the Italian peninsula home. They built a culture that lasted for nearly 800 years, but it was no ...
History Time on MSN

Swords, runes, and Roman gold: How the empire transformed the ancient north

Buried in Danish bogs and Swedish burial mounds, Roman weapons, coins, and military gear tell a forgotten story of ...
News Tribune

Romans lay siege to Italian town centuries ago. Now, their weapons are recovered

Excavations in a southern Italy town revealed ancient fortified walls that fell to a Roman siege. CNR ISPC (Archaeological Mapping Laboratory) Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the ...