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Drought left Britain too hot to handle for the Romans

A reconstruction drawing of Hadrian’s wall, a rebellion within its garrison allowed the Picts to invade northern Britain during the Barbarian Conspiracy - Heritage Images/Historic England Roman rule ...
Phys.org

The Roman 'Brexit': how life in Britain changed after 409 AD

Leaving a major political body is nothing new for mainland Britain. In 409AD, more than 350 years after the Roman conquest of 43AD, the island slipped from the control of the Roman Empire. Much like ...
ZME Science

Touching 3D Grave Cast in Britain Shows Roman Parents Weren’t Actually Indifferent to the Deaths of Their Babies

A narrative investigation into the lavish, plaster-encased burials of infants in Roman York, revealing hidden grief.
La Brújula Verde

Extreme droughts triggered the great barbarian invasion of Roman Britain in the mid-4th century AD

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 ...
The Conversation

The Roman dead: new techniques are revealing just how diverse Roman Britain was

Rebecca Redfern works for Museum of London. Our knowledge about the people who lived in Roman Britain has undergone a sea change over the past decade. New research has rubbished our perception of it ...
Archaeology

Britain's Economy Remained Surprisingly Robust After Roman Collapse

ALDBOROUGH, ENGLAND—When the Romans conquered Britain in the first century a.d., they transformed the island into an industrial powerhouse, particularly by means of large-scale extraction and ...

A Man Found a Roman Mosaic on a Farm. It May Show a Lost Version of an Infamous Conflict.

Instead of depicting the Trojan War from Homer’s Iliad as originally deduced, the mosaic may actually be a reference to the ...
CU Boulder News & Events

‘Missing’ houses offer a new perspective on Britain’s Roman period

A population estimate considering now-decomposed wooden houses suggests that Silchester, England, may have been typical of towns across the Roman Empire, CU Boulder researcher finds A rough site plan ...
CNN

‘Tremendously exciting’ 5th century Roman mosaic found in Britain

Archaeologists have uncovered Britain’s first 5th century Roman mosaic – a find of “enormous” historical significance which could change the way historians view the period it dates back to. The mosaic ...
CNN

Shackled skeleton tells grim story of slavery in Roman Britain

Archeologists working in central England have found a shackled skeleton which, they say, provides physical evidence that slavery was practiced in Roman Britain. The adult male was buried in a ditch ...
Forbes

Storm-Hit TV Series ‘Walking Britain’s Roman Roads’ Starts July 1

The A68 road in Northumberland here follows the alignment of Dere Street, the Roman road from York to the central belt of Scotland. Spare a thought for historian and TV presenter Dan Jones, battered ...