A recent re-evaluation of the Colchester Vase, a 19th-century archaeological discovery, sheds new light on gladiatorial combat in Roman Britannia. The vase, dating back to CE 160–200 ...

The way the remains were cremated also provides information about funerary practices in Roman Britannia, suggesting that the cremation process was carried out by professionals rather than the deceased ...

Antoninus Pius was the man who gave his name to the Antonine Wall of 142 AD, which runs between the the Rivers Clyde and Forth, extending Roman Britannia north from Hadrian's Wall. The wall was ...

The tribes and clans that lived there were wild and fierce, and proved to be more than a match for the disciplined Roman army. But something had to be done to protect Britannia against attacks ...

In AD 79 Agricola, the Roman governor of Britannia, sent a fleet to survey Scotland's coast. As Agricola advanced, conquering southern Scotland by AD 83, the Caledonian tribes faced imminent invasion.

the capital of the province of Britannia in the Roman Empire. The original forum complex was about the size of a soccer field, but it was demolished around A.D. 120 to make way for the second ...

The Angles were Germanic invaders who came from the Danish-German border and conquered most of Roman Britannia, giving the country its later name, England (Angle land), and dividing it up into ...

Antoninus Pius was the man who gave his name to the Antonine Wall of 142 AD, which runs between the the Rivers Clyde and Forth, extending Roman Britannia north from Hadrian's Wall. The wall was ...