September 2021 –

Chichester (Noviomagus Reginorum) was an important Roman site, initially a fort settled shortly after the Roman invasion of Britain. It was linked to London by a 57 mile road and part of its course survives today. It later came to be known as Stane Street, though the part I walked goes by the name of …

A walk on a Roman road. Read More »

Africa, roman military, Rome / By ancientblogger

In the 1st Punic War Rome took the fight to Carthage literally and landed a force under the general Regulus in North Africa. Regulus defeated a Carthaginian force at Aspis (255 BCE) and then besieged the city of Adys. This caused panic at Carthage. What were they to do? Well, the policy of recruiting mercenaries …

When Sparta fought Rome in Africa. Read More »