It's likely therefore that the gladiator who wore it was part of a gladiatorial troop that was brought to Britain during the Roman conquest of 43 AD or in the one or two subsequent decades.

This area was very pro-Roman and served as one of the bases for the Roman Conquest of Britain. The ruler of the area was King Cogidubnus, who started the great palace at Fishbourne, outside ...

New research is revealing the remarkable story of one of Britain’s most enigmatic archaeological finds - a Roman gladiator helmet, discovered buried in a field in East Anglia.. The artefact ...

Excavations of the northern defensive ditches of Magna Fort have revealed 32 shoes buried in the “semi-anaerobic low oxygen deposits,” according to a July 2 news release from the Vindolanda Charitable ...

How often do you think about the Roman Empire? Here are five things you may not know about the Roman conquest of Britain for those times you just can't stop thinking about it!

Cruysheer and de Groot argue that the eclectic composition of the hoard “strongly suggests a connection to the conquest of Britain” under Aulus Plautius, a Roman general who Claudius ...

The study focused on economic growth in Roman Britain, a province that was part of the vast Roman Empire since the conquest by Claudius in AD 43. Using archaeological records, scientists examined ...

Builders were stunned when they stumbled across one of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever found in Britain — worth more than £100,000 (about $126,000). A total of 1,368 Iron Age and Roman ...

New research is revealing the remarkable story of one of Britain’s most enigmatic archaeological finds - a Roman gladiator helmet, discovered buried in a field in East Anglia. The artefact ...

Explore our map showing the major Celtic tribes who lived in Britain at the time of the Roman Conquest. British Broadcasting Corporation Home. Accessibility links. Skip to content; ...