A bloody assault by Roman legions on a hill fort in Scotland around 1,800 years ago is being pieced together using the remains of Roman missile weapons that were used in the attack. The excavations at ...

Archaeologists working at an ancient Roman battlefield in Scotland have discovered a type of pierced sling-bullet that made a whistling sound when hurled at the enemy. These projectile weapons were ...

The whistling bullets were also smaller than typical sling bullets, and the researchers think the soldiers may have used several of them in their slings — made from two long cords held in the throwing ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Burnswark Hill in the Dumfreisshire region of south-western Scotland is thought to have been the ...

On a fortified hill in Scotland some 1,900 years ago, a Roman army attacked local warriors by hurling lead bullets from slings that had nearly the stopping power of a modern .44 magnum handgun, ...

Some 1,800 years ago, Roman troops used "whistling" sling bullets as a "terror weapon" against their barbarian foes, according to archaeologists who found the cast ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A bloody assault by Roman legions on a hill fort in Scotland around 1,800 years ago is being ...