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As white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel, two historic Roman tailoring houses have already prepared custom cassocks for ...
St George was a Christian martyr and a Roman soldier who is known for the legend of slaying a dragon - he is also the patron saint of England. Rob added: "Even though he wasn't born here ...
The discovery of a Roman horses’ graveyard shows a soldier’s grief at the loss of his equine partner, 1,800 years later. An excavation carried out by the state office for monument preservation ...
Still, researchers hope further archaeozoological work will reveal the horses’ sexes, ages, sizes, potential diseases, and causes of death—altogether, more details into the Roman army’s use ...
"St George was likely a Roman soldier from 3rd Century Cappadocia, now Turkey," a spokesperson said. "His bravery inspired legends, especially the famous tale of him slaying a dragon. While the ...
An ancient mass grave of Roman war horses has been found in Stuttgart—but one burial, complete with grave goods, suggests a soldier’s love ran far deeper than duty. In a groundbreaking discovery in ...
According to the Kommersant newspaper, a court on the far eastern Russian island of Sakhalin found soldier Roman Ivanishin guilty of voluntary surrender, of attempting to voluntarily surrender ...
Mild violence includes Jesus’ crucifixion (which isn’t graphically depicted), the cutting of a Roman soldier’s ear (which Jesus heals) and references to the potential stoning of a woman ...
President Volodymyr Zelensky says two Chinese soldiers captured after a firefight near the eastern city of Donetsk were fighting on behalf of the Kremlin’s forces and represent the tip of an as ...
Could you survive as a Roman soldier on Hadrian's Wall? Join the History Hit YouTube team as we discover what life was like for Roman legionaries and auxiliary troops on the northern frontier of ...