The study focused on economic growth in Roman Britain, a province that was part of the vast Roman Empire since the conquest by Claudius in AD 43. Using archaeological records, scientists examined ...

The Roman Invasion of Britain Explained. Posted: June 20, 2025 | Last updated: June 20, 2025. Rome's conquest of Britain was a calculated blend of military might, political strategy, ...

Explore our map showing the major Celtic tribes who lived in Britain at the time of the Roman Conquest. British Broadcasting Corporation Home. Accessibility links. Skip to content; ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study in Climatic Change reveals.

Excavations of the northern defensive ditches of Magna Fort have revealed 32 shoes buried in the “semi-anaerobic low oxygen deposits,” according to a July 2 news release from the Vindolanda Charitable ...

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 ...

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 ...

A study led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that a series of extreme droughts between the years 364 and 366 AD may have been a determining factor in the so-called Great Barbarian ...

Builders were stunned when they stumbled across one of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever found in Britain — worth more than £100,000 (about $126,000). A total of 1,368 Iron Age and Roman ...

New technology helps archaeologists explore the past 03:37. Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion, a new analysis suggests.

It was a gold stater of Cunobelin, a king in pre-Roman Britain who died in 41 AD, just before the Roman conquest, and it has a lovely picture of a horse on the obverse, and a barley stalk on the ...

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 ...