Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts ...

Roman ruins in England. Credit: wikimedia commons / Glen Bowman CC BY-2.0 A new study led by the University of Cambridge points to a series of extreme droughts as a key factor behind one of the most ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study in Climatic Change reveals. Researchers ...

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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 ...

Roman rule collapsed some 40 years later around 410 AD. Britain was in the ‘utmost conditions of famine’ The new research shows that from 364 to 366 AD rainfall nearly halved in Britain.

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