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 ...

Archaeologists have confirmed the first physical evidence that a Roman gladiator in Britain died fighting a lion. The discovery involves a skeleton found in 2004 at Driffield Terrace in York ...

CAMBRIDGE, England — Extreme weather, not just barbarian hordes, may have helped bring down Roman Britain. A brutal three-year drought that ravaged Roman Britain ... While modern food systems provide ...

This revelation transforms our understanding of Roman entertainment and hints at the brutal nature of such events even in distant provinces like Britain. A groundbreaking study has revealed the first ...

Left: From the research paper: Unique osteological evidence for human-animal gladiatorial combat in Roman Britain. Right: The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons ...

Lion mauled gladiator to death 1,800 years ago in Roman Britain, controversial study suggests Mass grave of Roman-era soldiers discovered beneath soccer field in Vienna ...

The skeleton was excavated from Driffield Terrace, one of the most significant Roman-era burial sites in Britain. It has now been established that the man in question, aged between 26 and 35 years ...

Austrian ruins previously known as the Desolate Castle were actually once a Roman bridgehead fort. The site served as a strategic trade crossing for the Danube River as part of the historic Amber ...

Scientists discovered bite marks from a lion on a human skeleton in Roman York, providing the first physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat in Britain The victim was a young adult male ...

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