THE compilation of this little book was suggested by the author's work in connection with the preparation of an archaeological map of Herefordshire. His object, as he states it, was “to provide ...

A MAP of Britain in the Dark Ages (A.D. 410 to 871) is the third of the period maps to be published by the Ordnance Survey. The south sheet covering England, Wales and part of southern Scotland ...

Many Roman towns in Britain fell apart around 400 A.D., when the Roman period ended, leaving behind a layer of "dark earth" in the archaeological record from decomposing organic materials in the ...

A severe three-year drought helped bring about a "barbarian" invasion of Roman Britain in A.D. 367, a new study finds. In that year, Roman troops stationed at Hadrian's Wall on the empire's ...

Roman Watling Street ran from the Roman port at Dover, known as Dubris, through London, then known as Londinium, to Wroxeter (Viriconium) in Shropshire, once the fourth largest city in Roman Britain.

A study led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that a series of extreme droughts between the years 364 and 366 AD may have been a determining factor in the so-called Great Barbarian ...

Experts in London have spent three months piecing together the shattered remains of Roman artworks, revealing luxurious frescoes not seen for more than 1,800 years.

The collection of ancient Roman artifacts contains mostly gold and silver coins, but there was also jewelry and silverware found. The Hoxne Hoard was found on Nov 16, 1992, in Hoxne village, Suffolk.