The newly found fortlet was a good lookout point for Roman soldiers stationed along the Antonine Wall in Scotland.

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely harsh conditions in his poem “Roman Wall Blues,” in which a soldier laments ...

Archaeologists have long known that life on the Roman frontier was harsh, but new microscopic evidence from Hadrian’s Wall shows just how miserable daily existence could be for the troops who guarded ...

Archaeologists discovered the engraved gemstone at Bremenium, a fort north of Hadrian's Wall. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Despite their reputation for advanced sanitation, ancient Romans at a major fort in northern England were probably suffering from a range of digestive ailments caused by parasites. The fort of ...

University of Glasgow expert pinpoints previously unknown recipe used to create gold decoration ...