Aulus Plautius led the Roman invasion of Britain in 42 AD and served as governor of the new province until 47 AD when he ...

New research from the University of Exeter has found that the Roman influence on our landscape extends beyond the legacy of our urban infrastructure to also shape the countryside and our rural ...

For decades, Rome influenced Britain through trade, diplomacy and friendly kings, but in AD 43 Emperor Claudius finally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A reconstruction drawing of Hadrian's wall, a rebellion within its garrison allowed the Picts to invade northern Britain during ...

Beneath farmland in the English county of Devon, archaeologists have uncovered the full extent of a Roman villa complete with an elaborate bathhouse and a decorated stone floor that now holds a record ...

Leaving a major political body is nothing new for mainland Britain. In 409AD, more than 350 years after the Roman conquest of 43AD, the island slipped from the control of the Roman Empire. Much like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Romans controlled much of Britain for nearly 400 years, but they left relatively little genetic evidence of their occupation, ...

Our knowledge about the people who lived in Roman Britain has undergone a sea change over the past decade. New research has rubbished our perception of it as a region inhabited solely by white ...

Several British news outlets today ran a story with headlines about Chinese people in Roman Britain. While there is no doubt that the Roman Empire was cosmopolitan, and it is entirely likely that ...

The key handle depicts a "barbarian" fending off a lion as four young onlookers watch in horror. University of Leicester Archaeological Services Archaeologists in Leicester, England, say a bronze key ...

Were there camels in Roman Britain? Archaeological evidence indicates that camels were used across the Roman empire well into the early medieval period. As historian Caitlin Green suggests, this ...

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 ...