A historian found evidence of a hidden army inside the Roman Empire

This example demonstrates that local independence may have been possible within the empire.
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Long before machine guns, ancient Roman troops used this 2,000-year-old rapid-fire weapon in Pompeii, new research suggests

In 89 B.C.E., the residents of Pompeii joined ancient Italian allies in a revolt against the ever-expanding power of the ...
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Archaeologists Found an Ancient Roman Military Camp Hiding 7,000 Feet High in the Sky

The ancient Roman army didn’t seem to be afraid of anything, but they definitely weren’t afraid of heights, as evidenced by the discovery of a 2,000-year-old Roman military camp located 7,000 feet ...
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The attack that changed the history of the Vascones: evidence of a Roman Republic battle found at the oppidum of Irulegi

A study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology has just revealed the secrets of a war episode that remained hidden ...