Begins by using a map to show the first Roman road to be built in Britain: Watling Street, which ran between Richborough and Chester. It then shows Ermine Street, which ran from London to York ...

The map covers more than ... possible to see how medieval and post-medieval fields were laid out either side of the wall after the Roman forces withdrew from Britain around AD410.

Following the initial invasion of Britain, the Roman emperor, Claudius, arrived to symbolically lead his army to victory. In August, the Romans captured Camulodunum (Colchester), the capital of ...

9. It took Smith another 14 years to gather enough information and funds to publish the first version of his map of Great Britain. 10. Smith dedicated the map to Sir Joseph Banks, the then President ...

Research from the University of Reading in 2010 showed a British-Roman woman in York, whose remains were found in 1901, had African ancestry Some might think the first black people in Britain ...

Four in 10 Brits consider themselves a history buff – with the Second World War and Roman Britain among the most ... Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of ...

Time travel and philosophy blend together in ‘Franklin Rock’ Saxon tribes from northern Europe saw that post-Roman Britain was weak, and came by ship to take over the land and its people.

She applies hazard modeling to address issues of heterogeneous frailty and selective mortality in past populations, and has examined risks of mortality during the medieval Black Death, in ...

Christian iconography is not so plentiful in the post-Roman states of Britain that we can afford to ignore a varied and interesting range of crosses and other motifs from a period when we are ...

Fearsome Roman gladiators dueling for the entertainment of a roaring amphitheater looms large in the cultural imagination, perhaps now more than ever with Ridley Scott’s blockbuster Gladiator ...

Four in 10 Brits consider themselves a history buff – with the Second World War and Roman Britain among the most ‘interesting’ periods in time. Research of 2,000 adults revealed Queen ...