There has never been a better time for lovers of Roman roads – those seeking, and seeking to understand, the indelible but elusive lines tattooed onto the face of Britain by the Roman occupiers long ...

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 ...

A newly created high-resolution map of the roads that threaded across the Roman Empire charts the ancient network from Great Britain to North Africa and has added more than 60,000 miles of roads that ...

Monty Python famously asked what the Romans ever did for us, but as a new map shows, they constructed a vast network of roads that revolutionized the world. Called Itiner-e, the incredible map ...

A stretch of one of the most significant roads in Roman-era Britain has been unearthed underneath the asphalt of the Old Kent Road in southeast London. The ancient road, known as Watling Street, was ...

One of Britain's best-kept secrets lies beneath our feet, a living piece of history that even locals are unaware of. This ancient Roman road, known as Sarn Helen, stretches from Neath on the south ...

Beckenham was once crossed by a Roman road that stretched for miles across London and the south east of England.

When the Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD, they introduced a host of innovations, ranging from roads and aqueducts to wine and public toilets. Now, scientists say we have something else to thank the ...