The unexpected discovery of a well-preserved and fortified villa in Margam Park in South Wales sheds new light on the Roman ...

The team behind what has been described as "one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK" have revealed that it depicts an alternative "long-lost" telling of the Trojan War. The paper is ...

The find places north-east England firmly within Roman Britain's industrial heartland and suggests a level of economic sophistication previously unrecognized in this frontier region. The discovery ...

A major ancient Roman factory found in England sheds light on tool production, with over 800 whetstones and stone anchors ...

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire extended as far away as Britain. Rome didn’t view the region as remote or ...

An archaeologist has discovered an "extraordinary" ancient Roman fort that once housed hundreds of soldiers. Researcher Mark Merrony located the remains of the fort in Pembrokeshire, a county in ...

History Hit’s Tristan Hughes heads behind the scenes at the British Museum to get a special look at items from their upcoming exhibition touring the UK: Gladiators of Britain. Taking visitors back ...

The British Museum's “Gladiators of Britain,” now at the Grosvenor Museum, sheds fresh light on the realities of spectacle in the northern reaches of the Roman Empire. A tinned, bronze gladiator’s ...

Roman era fetters with central padlock, iron, Great Casterton, UK (Image by permission of the Museum of London Archaeology company MOLA) Two different discoveries at sites within Roman Britain have ...

Just a few feet from a busy highway in Gloucestershire, archaeologists have uncovered something extraordinary — a forgotten roadside stop perfectly woven into the Roman transportation network. The ...

Compelling evidence of a Roman industrial hub uncovered on the banks of a North East river has rewritten archaeologists' ...

Archeologists working in central England have found a shackled skeleton which, they say, provides physical evidence that slavery was practiced in Roman Britain. The adult male was buried in a ditch ...