He likens them to checkers or Battleship and emphasizes that they were popular among Roman soldiers. The discovery of the tokens sheds new light on Hadrianopolis' role as a Roman military outpost.

stashed by a Roman soldier after he returned to the European continent Eli Wizevich Three of the coins are particularly rare: They portray Eugenius, an illegitimate emperor who reigned for just ...

Roman Soldiers at the Roman Army & Chariot Experience, Hippodrome, Jerash, Jordan Credit: yeowatzup – CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The Romans left an outstanding legacy of innovation and ...

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It's believed they were taken by soldier as "spoils of war". There were also 360 Roman coins discovered, and it's the first time a Roman-British coin hoard of this kind has been found in mainland ...

Hundreds of Roman-era gold and silver coins were found in a field outside a village in the Netherlands, officials announced this week. The coins are thousands of years old, the Netherlands ...

Roman Soldier Flaccus Found 2,000 Years Later This particular boundary stone, which is one of 20 found in the Hula Valley and the surrounding areas, shows evidence of increased administrative ...

Of the more than 400 coins, 116 were gold. These gold coins included 72 Roman aurei dating from 19 B.C. to A.D. 47, as well as 44 gold alloy coins, called staters, that were minted in Britain. The ...