A reconstruction drawing of Hadrian’s wall, a rebellion within its garrison allowed the Picts to invade northern Britain during the Barbarian Conspiracy - Heritage Images/Historic England Roman rule ...

This video traces the final decades of Roman Britain, as invasions, usurpers, and imperial neglect stripped the province of protection and purpose. It follows how Rome’s withdrawal, the rise of new ...

After decades of war, Britain entered a quieter age marked by cities, roads, villas, and a growing Roman identity embraced by much of the population. This chapter explores how Roman rule transformed ...

The Roman occupation of Britain nearly 2000 years ago exposed people to new diseases and introduced class divides that restricted access to resources for several communities, a new study has found.

For centuries, a towering, ancient wall has stood anomalously amidst fields and farmland in central Shropshire. Known as the ...

An archaeologist has discovered an "extraordinary" ancient Roman fort that once housed hundreds of soldiers. Researcher Mark Merrony located the remains of the fort in Pembrokeshire, a county in ...

Fingerprints on a Roman burial hold new clues to an unusual liquid gypsum funeral ritual. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Around ...

The find places north-east England firmly within Roman Britain's industrial heartland and suggests a level of economic sophistication previously unrecognized in this frontier region. The discovery ...

In 2024 Banks was among the team which came across what is thought to be the first Roman bed to be found in Britain during a ...

Under its Roman name Camulodunum, Colchester was granted colonia status in AD 49, becoming the earliest recorded capital in Roman Britain.

It has been revealed that the skeletal remains of a man from Roman-era Britain show he was bitten by a large cat like a lion, meaning that he may well have been a combatant who died in a gladiator ...