Archaeologists Find Large Roman Villa Under Deer Park in Wales

The unexpected discovery of a well-preserved and fortified villa in Margam Park in South Wales sheds new light on the Roman ...
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Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts 'long-lost' Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world

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 ...
Ancient Origins

Roman Industrial Hub Found in Northern England

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 ...
Newsweek

‘Extraordinary’ Roman Fort Discovered That Likely Housed 500 Soldiers

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 ...

800 ancient Roman blade sharpeners found in Britain

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

Roman aristocrat unearthed in ancient cemetery that could show Britain's shift to Anglo-Saxon society

LONDON — Newly revealed human remains could offer a rare glimpse into life in Britain through the decline of the Roman Empire and the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Experts have hailed the ...
Observer

This Traveling Exhibition in the U.K. Recasts Gladiators as More Than Sacrificial Lambs

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 ...
Hyperallergic

What Can Shackled and Beheaded Skeletons Reveal About Roman Servitude?

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 ...
New Scientist

Britain saw centuries of economic growth under Roman rule

After the Romans conquered Britain in AD 43, the technologies and laws they introduced led to centuries of economic growth of a kind once thought to be limited to modern industrial societies. That is ...
Fonds

A real Roman “gas station” discovered in Britain — with artifacts that tell its story

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 ...
CNN

Shackled skeleton tells grim story of slavery in Roman Britain

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 ...
Forbes

Storm-Hit TV Series ‘Walking Britain’s Roman Roads’ Starts July 1

The A68 road in Northumberland here follows the alignment of Dere Street, the Roman road from York to the central belt of Scotland. Spare a thought for historian and TV presenter Dan Jones, battered ...