An extraordinary discovery of a Roman pot was made at the Drumanagh promontory fort in Ireland, the first ever found. The ...

Scientists have found 2,000-year-old leather shoe measures 12.6 inches (32cm) in length, the equivalent of a modern men's ...

It has been revealed that the skeletal remains of a man from Roman-era Britain show he was bitten by a large cat like a lion, meaning that he may well have been a combatant who died in a gladiator ...

While Roman writers described these spectacles in graphic detail, researchers have never discovered physical proof suggesting that humans actually faced off against lions and other big cats in Britain ...

The likely culprit of the latter: a lion. Marble artifacts from Roman Britain depict lions mauling gladiators, Thompson says, but no confirmed archaeological evidence had been found. Some experts ...

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Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

Tristan Hughes answers the most searched Google questions about Roman Britain. #historyhit #expertanswers #ancientrome History Hit TV Posted: 9 April 2025 | Last updated: 9 April 2025 ...

The Romans occupied Britain for more than 350 years and some big names graced the British isles, from Caesar, Hadrian, and Septimius Severus. However, who was the very first Roman to conquer Britain?

The hole full of bones—the largest ritual deposit discovered of its kind dating to the Roman Britain period—gives archaeologists hints about the ways that conquered British did—and didn’t ...

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