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 ...

Settlement discovered almost 60 years ago shows how Imperial soldiers built manor for local tribes' nobleman. History portrays them as the bitterest of enemies, but a discovery near a village in ...

Countries and societies that were ethnically homogeneous, such as ancient Germanic tribes or modern Japan, felt that they were inherently more stable and secure than the alternative, whether late ...