Highway workers found an ancient Roman cemetery, including a grave filled with a curious substance, during a recent highway construction project in England. The announcement was made last week by ...

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 ...

An ancient garden in Pompeii has been reconstructed with thousands of historically accurate plants — breathing new life into a once-thriving Roman sanctuary. The Pompeii Archaeological Park announced ...

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Here’s how it works. A rebellion of Roman troops in A.D. 367 at Hadrian's Wall (pictured here) was followed by an invasion of Roman Britain by three different "barbarian" groups. (Image credit: ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." After four years of reconstruction, the remains of a painted wall in Roman London, founded in AD 43, have ...

A Roman-era cemetery, found ahead of a construction project in England, holds an unusual burial at its center. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

What it is: A defensive wall built by the Romans that once guarded the empire's northernmost frontier in England. Construction started around A.D. 122, after a visit to Britain by Emperor Hadrian ...

When the Roman Empire withdrew from Britain, the result was not chaos and economic collapse. The metals industry in what is now northern England continued and even expanded in the subsequent centuries ...