Archaeologists excavating a playground in Germany unearthed a 2,000-year-old Roman soldier’s shoe, ovens and a game piece. Photo from LWL / B. Tremmel For archaeologists in Germany, the worn-out ...

About 1,900 years ago, a group of Roman soldiers lived in a fort in what is ... (An ancient die and game piece were among the discoveries.) [See Photos of the Dice and Artifacts Found in the ...

But the truth is Roman soldiers had down time. As evidenced by a gridded gaming board recently uncovered during excavations of Hadrian's Wall, a 73-mile-long fortification in what's now northern ...

have unearthed two bone tokens dating to the fifth century C.E. that they suspect belong to a strategic board game enjoyed by Roman soldiers. “These bone objects are lentil-shaped and disk ...

Archaeologists in the Netherlands unearthed the tomb of a Roman soldier believed to date back to the beginning of the Common Era in the town of Heerlen. The discovery was made during recent ...