The discovery of a decapitated skull on a Roman frontier in northern Spain has turned a long abstract story of conquest into ...

Archaeologists uncover evidence showing how the Romans used decapitated heads to intimidate Celts during the siege of a ...

A lone skull discovered near the walls of an ancient fort highlights the Romans' brutal treatment of their conquered foes.

Roman soldiers decapitated an enemy and placed his skull on the wall of their fort, to be found 2,000 years later by ...

The Cantabrian Wars (29-16 BC) represented Rome's final push to subjugate the last independent Celtic peoples in western continental Europe. The conflicts were so challenging that Augustus himself ...

The Arthurian novels of Rosemary Sutcliff, noted for her focus on traditional British characters, were also influenced by the colonial ideology of Rudyard Kipling, especially the ‘Roman’ section of ...

Far from being drunken Iron Age louts, more than 2000 years ago the ancient Celts already had one of the most geospatially-advanced civilizations yet known. The Celts not only carried on the classical ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The discovery of a Roman cemetery in England has archaeologists scratching their heads, mainly ...