Now, a study published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology suggests that the siege may not have stretched on for such a long time. Instead, the construction of the siege wall and camps around ...

Contrary to some historical interpretations that suggested a prolonged siege, the collected data suggests that the construction of the siege system, including the wall and camps, was carried out ...

Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the Messapii people crossed the Adriatic Sea and called the Italian peninsula ...

To determine the longest siege in history, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data from Tony Jaques’ 2006 military encyclopedia “Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity ...

Archaeological excavations in the locality of Cupa, in the municipality of Ugento in the southeastern tip of Italy, have ...

Instead, the construction of the siege wall and camps around Masada may have occurred over just 11 to 16 days. “From the Roman perspective, [the siege] ...