The UK has many places with long and complicated histories, but only one is officially recognised as the oldest city. It was ...

A Romana-British metal artwork of a panther is believed to show the severed head of a barbarian.

A major Roman settlement discovered in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, will feature on BBC Two’s Digging for Britain.

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 ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has suggested Britain should drop "Great" from its name and compared the country to ...

A village in Gloucestershire is set to appear on the BBC Two series, Digging For Britain, later this month, after an ...

Beneath Margam Country Park, on the outskirts of Port Talbot, lies the largest Roman villa yet identified in Wales. The ...

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

A recent bioarchaeological study shows that human migration in England continued from the end of Roman rule through the ...

Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including roundworm, whipworm, and Giardia — the first time Giardia has been identified in ...

READING, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by Antiquity, Rebecca Pitt of the University of Reading examined the bones of women and infants who lived in south and central England before the ...

The health of populations in Britain declined under Roman occupation, particularly in more urban areas. There is a widely held belief that the Romans brought civilisation and its many benefits to ...