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 ...

A severe three-year drought helped bring about a "barbarian" invasion of Roman Britain in A.D. 367, a new study finds. In that year, Roman troops stationed at Hadrian's Wall on the empire's northern ...

In 43 AD, Rome launched its invasion of Britain, aiming to expand its empire. The Roman forces, led by Aulus Plautius, met a ...

During excavations amid the early stages of expanding low carbon heating to thousands of homes along Old Kent Road in London, archaeologists found physical evidence of an ancient Roman road. Wating ...

The 404 coins discovered in a muddy field near Bunnik, a village in the Netherlands, in 2023 and 2024 National Museum of Antiquities As they swept over the muddy fields of Bunnik, a village in the ...

Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion, a new analysis suggests. Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women ...

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: ...