Ancient Greek body armor was strong enough to protect a Mycenaean soldier in battle 3,500 years ago, according to a new study ...

The turning point came with Game of Thrones, where Lord of Battles created some of the most memorable pieces of medieval ...

Across America, in front of crowds of thousands, men and women are dressing up as knights from the Middle Ages and fighting ...

The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...

The animal’s human rider, a Roman soldier, buried the creature in a shallow grave. As a parting gift, the soldier tucked a few mementos into the crook of one of the horse’s legs: two jugs and ...

This incredible discovery was unique and rare because the find went against everything known about a critical Roman ritual.

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman settlement in the United Kingdom found an oven used for making construction materials, photos show. Photo from Cotswold Archaeology Sifting through the ...

And you hear stories of people coming upon buttons and helmets in the fields. I really wanted to flush some of that up, to dig some of that up, almost as if some of these soldiers seemed ... was the ...

St George's Day, celebrated on April 23, honors England's patron saint, a Roman soldier from modern-day Turkey. Known for slaying a dragon, his legend symbolizes courage, faith, and the triumph of ...

Collectively, the works commemorate Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's victory over ... One of his favorite vignettes is of Imperial Army commander Charles de Lannoy dismounting from his horse to ...

Ancient Roman gladiators were often pitted against animals in the arena—animals capable of killing a human being. Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have ...