Third Samnite War News Today

The Samnites were Italic tribes who migrated from Central Europe to the mountainous central-south Italy in 9th century BC.

The excavations have recovered weapons, necklaces, bracelets and worked bones.

This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a range…

Combat Information Center analysis, facts and figures about military conflicts and leaders.

This week we're going to take a look at an aspect of contemporary international relations, rather than ancient ones. As has become somewhat customary, I am going to use the the week of July 4th to talk about the United States, or more correctly for this July 4th, the informal coalition (with formal components) of…

Rome, Dec 28 (EFE).- An “unusual” inscription has been found inside a 2,400-year-old Etruscan helmet that could shed new light on the military organization of that pre-Roman people. Italian archaeologists had not noticed the inscription before, but the discovery – announced Tuesday by the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Italy, and which will be …