Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...

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 ...

They belong to a man in his late twenties or early thirties who lived during the 3rd century AD, when Eboracum was an important town and military base in the north of the Roman province of Britannia.

A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...

In the 2nd Century, some Christian groups from the Roman province of Asia (in modern-day Turkey) celebrated Easter on the same day that Jews celebrated Passover, which could fall on different days ...

(Reuters) -In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, ...

The Vatican-level appointment, in accordance with Catholic tradition, came “just out of the blue.” In Pope Francis’s last ...

“Putting this quantity of resources into an event is a testament to the importance of violent spectacles in Roman provinces,” Marklein says. Skeletal remains can reveal a great deal about ...

when York was known as Eboracum and was a town and military base in the Roman province of Britannia. Image: Bite marks from a large cat found on the pelvis of a Roman-era skeleton in York.