It is less known, however, for setting the table for a kingdom-wide kilt ban decades later.Dressed for BattleThat year, King ...

Find out the interesting history behind all 50 of the U.S. state flags The U.S. state flags, explained The American flag, the ...

Archaeologists were preparing for the construction of a new housing development when they found more than 100 equine skeletons dating to the second century C.E.

The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...

Roman shoppers have found the 'perfect' denim skirt that was 'very comfortable', 'stretchy' and 'won't disappoint'. The Cotton Denim Stretch A line Skirt comes in 10 different colours - including ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman sandal near an ancient military fort in Oberstimm, Germany. The highly ...

But when they were 23, Lidia was taking up arms against the Nazis — and my nonna was a soldier’s wife in the ... Women were told to wear long sleeves and skirts, and motherhood was emphasized ...

It details that the Romans had built over 8,000 miles of roads over Britain by the end of the first century and shows how the roads were built by Roman soldiers. Students could make their own ...

Hadrian’s Wall was constructed and protected by the Roman soldiers living in forts alongside it. The wall is 120 km long and was the furthest frontier of the Roman Empire, apart for the short ...

They were also in the first group of soldiers to reach the beach at Anzac Cove. On that first day, Dick was one of eight men sent on a dangerous mission to reinforce a small, isolated trench in ...

Longinus is the name of the Roman soldier who is said to have pierced the side of Jesus with a lance while he was on the cross. The queue to see the Pope now stretches out of St Peter’s square ...

Christ also bids farewell to his followers and prophesizes that one of them will betray him and hand him over to the Roman soldiers. Around the world, Bishops and priests come together at their ...