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 ...

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

Discover how droughts contributed to the Barbarian Conspiracy invasion and affected Roman control in southern Britain.

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.

Scientists link the 367 CE Barbarian invasion of Roman Britain to severe drought, revealing climate’s hidden role in the ...

The world's first recorded case of triplets and a Roman-era king are among the remains of more than 1,500 people held by ...

A gruesome new discovery provides the first skeletal proof of humans being attacked by big cats in Roman gladiatorial ...

The groundbreaking study led by a professor at Maynooth University in Ireland found physical evidence of "Roman gladiatorial ...

Archaeologists have confirmed the first physical evidence that a Roman gladiator in Britain died fighting a lion. The ...

It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.

The researchers identified no other major droughts in southern Britain in the period 350-500 CE and found that other parts of northwestern Europe escaped these conditions. Roman Britain's main ...