From 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E., the Roman Empire saw a period of relative tranquility and prosperity now known as the Pax Romana ...

He understood that civil war would most likely ensue between himself and the Roman nobility ... Antony and Quintus Cassius (a relative of the famous Cassius who later conspired to assassinate ...

One famous Roman tactic was the testudo - or ‘tortoise’. A formation of 27 soldiers would hold their shields above their heads and out to the front and sides to protect them - like a tortoise ...

Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman ... famous. As a result, while most gladiators were condemned criminals, slaves or prisoners of war ...

Editors Armstrong and Fronda have collected seventeen papers by fifteen scholars examining the various aspects of war and military service in the Roman Republic. The book opens with an essay by ...