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 ...

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 ...

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.

New dating shows a Roman villa mosaic was laid in the 5th century, reshaping post-Roman Britain. Long thought to have been abandoned after 410 AD, Roman villas like Chedworth were believed to mark the ...

Researchers have examined a sediment core from the Roman town and metal production center of Aldborough in Yorkshire, revealing metal production did not collapse immediately after the Romans left ...

ALDBOROUGH, ENGLAND—When the Romans conquered Britain in the first century a.d., they transformed the island into an industrial powerhouse, particularly by means of large-scale extraction and ...

A narrative investigation into the lavish, plaster-encased burials of infants in Roman York, revealing hidden grief.

Historian Nicholas Higham speaks to Laura Reid about how the country’s transition from Roman Britain to the Anglo-Saxon era marked the beginnings of Englishness.

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 ...