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 ...

Around 410 AD, Roman rule in Britain came to an end. For nearly four centuries, the island had been part of the Roman world. Roman cities, roads, and armies had shaped life across Britain. But as the ...

As the Roman Empire collapsed, the fortresses of Britannia did not simply go dark, they transformed, evolving into the ...

The Roman occupation of Britain nearly 2000 years ago exposed people to new diseases and introduced class divides that restricted access to resources for several communities, a new study has found.

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the ‘Barbarian Conspiracy’, a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti ...

Pax Romana is often cited as a model for Pax Americana, both emerging after periods of war to guarantee security and order. But as Pax Americana wanes, at least in the view of Shlomo Ben-Ami, a ...

Hundreds of individuals buried along Rome’s northern frontier challenge the idea of barbarian invasions: they had already ...

Puncture injuries by large felid scavenging on both sides of bone. A skeleton from Roman-era England has bite marks consistent with those of a large cat like a lion, suggesting that this individual ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the individual was likely bitten by a lion. Reading time 2 minutes Gladiatorial ...

In 1973, excavators at Vindolanda unearthed the oldest known birthday invitation from Roman Britain, changing our ...