In 89 B.C.E., Pompeii was under siege. An invading army of tens of thousands of soldiers led by Lucius Cornelius Sulla, an ...

Pompeii's archaeological excavations have primarily centred on the severe eruption of Mount Vesuvius during AD 79; however, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers have uncovered evidence that a weapon known as the polybolos—or multi-thrower—was used during the Roman conquest of Pompeii. Originally ...

Few weapons have defined the tempo of modern warfare quite like the machine gun. It isn’t a new concept by any means, with the notion of rapid fire volleys being something dating back to the Age of ...

Recently uncovered damage to walls in Pompeii displays patterns that may have been made by an ancient “machine gun” called a ...