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 ...
Greek Reporter

How Ancient Rhodes Became a Maritime Power: The “Police of the Seas”

Ancient Rhodes was not merely an island; it was a sophisticated maritime power that defined the Hellenistic world.
Live Science on MSN

1,700-year-old Roman marching camps discovered in Germany — along with a multitude of artifacts like coins and the remnants of shoes

Archaeologists in Germany have discovered four Roman marching camps and around 1,500 artifacts, including coins and shoe ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Hundreds of Ancient Roman Blade Sharpeners Emerge From a Riverbank in England, Revealing the Ruins of a 2,000-Year-Old Whetstone Factory

Archaeologists think the newly discovered artifacts remained at the production site because they were deemed unusable. Large ...
Tank Encyclopedia on MSN

That shell was bigger than a car - The Nazi siege weapon that could shatter concrete

Fortifications have historically posed immense challenges to attacking armies. Over the centuries, they often necessitated ...
Greek Reporter

Siege of Vienna 1683: When Europe’s Fate Hung in the Balance

The largest cavalry charge in history broke the 1683 Siege of Vienna, effectively ending Ottoman expansion into Western ...
History Time on MSN

The siege of Masada, how Rome engineered the fall of an unbreakable fortress

Vastly outnumbered, the Sicarii watched as Rome methodically encircled Masada and built one of the most ambitious siege works in ancient history. This chapter follows the ramp, the breach, and the ...