In the summer of 2020, during Britain’s COVID lockdown, Jim Irvine noticed unfamiliar pottery scattered across his family’s ...

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 ...

The Independent reports that archaeologists have discovered infant skeletons from the Roman period bearing significant "negative health markers," pointing to widespread suffering among urban ...

An ancient historian at the University of Leicester has found that the Rutland mosaic presents a version of the Trojan War that differs from the story told in Homer’s Iliad. Researchers studying what ...

Urban populations in southern Britain experienced a decline in health that lasted for generations after the Romans arrived ...

By looking at mother-infant experiences together, we can observe the long-lasting impact urbanization has on the health of ...

Analysis of skeletal remains from England before and during Roman occupation confirms theories that the population's health declined under Roman occupation, but only in the urban centers, suggesting ...

Since the Romans themselves wrote about the subject, we have a clear idea of the good things they did for Britain. Roads, ...

The Romans might be better known for bringing baths and sewers to Britain, but new discoveries show their contributions weren't all so hygienic. Archaeologists excavating the remains of Vindolanda, a ...

Rebecca Redfern works for Museum of London. 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 ...

What did the Romans do for us? When the Romans invaded in AD43, they really liked Ancient Britain, but they weren’t too impressed with the Ancient Britons. The Romans pretty much thought they were ...