It may be a peculiarly military thing, perhaps it strikes accord with armed forces personnel, but one particular quote is frequently...

A while ago we were approached for help in promoting “Britannia”, a British historical drama scheduled to air on Sky Atlantic on January...

Forward The purpose of this paper is to provide general readers, and those wishing to don a more accurate Roman 'toga', all the...

The sole mention of the arcuballista occurs in the work of Vegetius (Epitoma rei militaris) [1]. In book II.15, when describing how the...

A major source of information for Roman artillery is Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, a 1st-century BC Roman author, architect, civil and...

Many years ago, long before I joined The Roman Military Research Society (or RMRS), a teacher inspired his pupils to build a catapulta,...

In the summer of 2015 archaeologists from the University of Edinburgh attempted to recreate a style of Stone Age cooking based on their...

The Latin term 'craticula' is a diminutive form of 'crates' used to mean a gridiron (Martial, 14.221) [1], the bars of which give it the...

All Romans ate dormice didn't they? You may have been told that in school, and it's still a popular and persistent belief, but it's...

Cry "God for Harry! England and Saint George!" Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 3, Scene 1. April 23rd, Saint George's Day Depending on who you...

Back in 2015 BBC Two's re-ran its series 'Kew on a Plate' presented by Raymond Blanc and Kate Humble. They had spent the year at Kew...

In April 2005 David Sapsted, writing for The Telegraph newspaper, reported that: 'Years of division among academics over whether the...