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 ...

There is mounting evidence that after the Romans left Britain, the region's economy didn't suffer as badly as once thought.

The Colchester vase, crafted around A.D. 175, on display at Colchester Castle Museum in the U.K. Vivid depictions of battling gladiators on a clay vase are the first concrete evidence that these ...

A plan map of Silchester created with data from the Silchester Mapping Project of the Archaeology Data Service. Credit: Credit: Britannia (2023). DOI: 10.1017/S0068113X23000375 A rough site plan for ...

CAMBRIDGE, England — Extreme weather, not just barbarian hordes, may have helped bring down Roman Britain. A brutal three-year drought that ravaged Roman Britain in the 360s CE likely helped trigger a ...

Archaeologists have unearthed dozens of Roman tweezers in Britain, revealing the ancient culture’s obsession with hairlessness. The collection has now gone on display in a new museum at Wroxeter Roman ...

A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.

The earliest known evidence of bedbugs in Britain was found at a first-century fort near Hadrian's Wall. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

After the Romans conquered Britain in AD 43, the technologies and laws they introduced led to centuries of economic growth of a kind once thought to be limited to modern industrial societies. That is ...

A pot containing 1,368 Roman coins from the year 55 AD has been found in Worcestershire, the largest treasure trove from Nero ...

An illustration of the small dog found at a Roman villa in Oxfordshire, England DigVentures / Earth Trust Archaeologists excavating a Roman villa in England have discovered the remains of a toy-sized ...

A population estimate considering now-decomposed wooden houses suggests that Silchester, England, may have been typical of towns across the Roman Empire, CU Boulder researcher finds A rough site plan ...