It was here, in 1953, that laborer Harry Martindale was working away when a whole platoon of Roman soldier ghosts marched through. Harry’s encounter is one of the most famous ghost sightings in ...

O’Connell ends by going beyond the second century of the pre-Christian Era to look at the longer term consequences -- “The Ghosts” -- of Cannae, the destruction of Carthage, Roman dominion over the ...