CAMBRIDGE, England — Extreme weather, not just barbarian hordes, may have helped bring down Roman Britain. A brutal three-year drought that ravaged Roman Britain in the 360s CE likely helped trigger a ...

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A study has uncovered the first physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat in the Roman period. The research, published in PLOS One, presents compelling skeletal evidence of a human ...

Before London, there was Londinium, the capital of Roman Britain, and although it was abandoned by AD 450, the influence and some remnants of the ancient city still remain. Join Pott’s as he ...

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Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

But Colchester is home to some of the best Roman finds in Britain, so perhaps it is not surprising that one of these could the foundations of its oldest church. Geograph/Mike Quinn The remains of ...

Life in Brittania through the eyes of one Roman family.

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...