The 404 coins, including 44 from Britain, are believed to be a mix of military pay and the spoils of war, stashed by a Roman soldier after he returned to the European continent Eli Wizevich ...
Roman relics can be found all over Britain, memories from an ancient period in which the Latin conquerors arrived at the country's shores and took almost everything. From Hadrian's Wall in the ...
How did the Romans conquer Britain? Find out how Britain became part of the Roman empire. Learn about Caesar, Emperor Claudius and Queen Boudicca. Did the Roman army invade Scotland? Find out ...
During this period, the northern limit of the Roman Empire was the Rhine River, where Roman troops were set up to fend off attacks from Germanic tribes and to launch forays into Great Britain. Of the ...
The work supports growing archaeological evidence that women had high status within Celtic societies across Europe, including Britain, and gives credence to Roman written accounts that were often ...
Of the more than 400 coins, 116 were gold. These gold coins included 72 Roman aurei dating from 19 B.C. to A.D. 47, as well as 44 gold alloy coins, called staters, that were minted in Britain. The ...
Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age society. Researchers have sequenced the genomes of around 50 Celtic Britons ...
"Stone coffins are uncommon," the statement explained. "Only around 50 have been discovered around Roman Britain." The coffin was so heavy in part because it was filled with a substance called ...
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The site has the only mosaics in Oxfordshire still found in their original location The remains of one of the largest villas in Roman Britain can be viewed during a series of special open days ...
New genetic evidence suggests that female family ties were central to social structures in pre-Roman Britain, offering a fresh perspective on Celtic society and its gender dynamics. An analysis of ...