In the days of ancient Rome, it was never a good idea to send amateurs to pacify the Germanic tribes. The Emperor Augustus found this out in A.D. 9, when his handpicked crony, Varus, blundered into a ...

How would you prepare for battle? If you were a Germanic warrior from Northern Europe during the Roman period, you may have sniffed some narcotics. A team of three Polish researchers, including ...

Hans-Peter Hasenfratz, trans. from the German by Michael Moynihan. Inner Traditions, $16.95 trade paper (176p) ISBN 9781594774218 First published in Germany in 1992, this study by Hasenfratz ...

Archaeologists working in a sprawling wetland in Denmark uncovered 2,000-year-old human remains that challenge traditional ideas about "barbarian" warfare in northern Europe. The research, published ...

The history of proxy wars is the shame of great powers. The Roman Empire used Germanic tribes as mercenaries to attack other Germanic tribes, and the British Empire dominated South Asia by mobilizing ...

The migration of the Germanic tribes reshaped Europe, but what drove them to leave their homelands and move south and west? This video explores the mix of climate shifts, population pressures, Roman ...

Archaeologists made a gruesome discovery when they unearthed an ancient burial site filled with thousands of bones — later identified as victims of a battle fought 2,000 years ago in northern Europe ...

In the days of ancient Rome, it was never a good idea to send amateurs to pacify the Germanic tribes. The Emperor Augustus found this out in A.D. 9, when his hand-picked crony, Varus, blundered into a ...

Following on the success of supernatural drama “Dark,” Netflix is set to produce five new German originals, including an ambitious historical series that chronicles a bloody and decisive battle ...

Genetic analysis of these excavated remains showed that unclear family linkages because some of the young warriors had widespread origins. Landesamt für Denkmalpflege im RP Stuttgart In 1962, the ...