While archaeologists have long been unearthing mass-produced memorabilia featuring the fierce battles of ancient Roman gladiators, rarely do they come across artifacts that depict specific fighters ...

An inscription on the vase names gladiators Memnon and Valentinus, suggesting it commemorates a real combat event in Colchester.

The way the remains were cremated also provides information about funerary practices in Roman Britannia, suggesting that the cremation process was carried out by professionals rather than the deceased ...

the capital of the province of Britannia in the Roman Empire. The original forum complex was about the size of a soccer field, but it was demolished around A.D. 120 to make way for the second ...

In AD 79 Agricola, the Roman governor of Britannia, sent a fleet to survey Scotland's coast. As Agricola advanced, conquering southern Scotland by AD 83, the Caledonian tribes faced imminent invasion.

Antoninus Pius was the man who gave his name to the Antonine Wall of 142 AD, which runs between the the Rivers Clyde and Forth, extending Roman Britannia north from Hadrian's Wall. The wall was ...

In 43 AD, the Roman Army - determined and terrified in equal measure - returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia - a mysterious land ruled by warrior women and powerful druids who can channel ...

A recent re-evaluation of the Colchester Vase, a 19th-century archaeological discovery, sheds new light on gladiatorial combat in Roman Britannia. The vase, dating back to CE 160–200 ...