Tag: roman history
The fall of the Praetorian Guard
The Praetorian Guard were an elite unit within the Imperial army, serving primarily as personal protectors and intelligence operatives for the Roman emperors.
Legio V Macedonica – The Last Roman Legion
Throughout the history of the Roman Empire, countless legions were raised and disbanded, but one legion endured the entirety, remaining in service to the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire, and marching on into the Middle Ages - The Legio V Macedonica.
The Pleasure Villa of Emperor Tiberius
The Villa of Tiberius is a Roman villa complex in the present-day town of Sperlonga, located on the western coast of Italy in the province of Latina.
The first known case of chemical warfare
Chemical warfare has been one of the most brutal, effective, and inhumane forms of warfare in history.
The fall of Mark Anthony and Cleopatra
The Battle of Actium marks the closing chapter of a series of civil wars and the decisive battle between the forces of Octavian against Mark Anthony and Cleopatra VII Philopator.
Archaeologists discover Roman road in the Venice lagoon
An archaeological mapping project has located a Roman road submerged in the Venice Lagoon, that suggests extensive settlements may have been present centuries before the founding of Venice in the fifth century.