Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall weren’t just defending the frontier—they were also battling parasites that made daily life ...

Archaeologists analyzing a Roman sewer at Vindolanda uncover evidence soldiers lived with chronic gut parasites despite ...

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan - There's an old adage about armies living on their stomachs, but there's never much talk about the inevitable other end. Latrine waste. It's unavoidable. It's disgusting.

Analysis of latrine sediments at the Roman fort of Vindolanda has revealed that at least three parasites were widespread among Roman soldiers.

An analysis of sewer drains from a Roman fort has shown that the occupants were contaminated with three types of intestinal ...

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely harsh conditions in his poem “Roman Wall Blues,” in which a soldier laments ...

Roundworms are eight- to 12-inches-long and live in the intestines, They can cause abdominal pain, fever, and diarrhea. The types of roundworms typically in humans include pinworms and ascariasis, but ...

Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including ...

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall, has shown that the occupants were ...

Roman soldiers defending Hadrian’s Wall were infected by parasites that cause serious stomach upsets, reveals new research. An analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to the ...