Watch the full documentary on History Hit TV: <a href=" In 55 BC, Rome had its sights set on Britain. Across two attempts, a ...

A section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads has been unearthed in south-east London in a “remarkable” ...

A metal detectorist discovered a huge haul of silver coins from 141 BC in a farmer's field which were thought to have been dropped by a Roman soldier. Trenton Oliver, 49, dug up the hoard of 97 silver ...

Known these days as 'the Capital of the Cotswolds', this gorgeous town is close to several royal homes and estates, including King Charles' beloved Highgrove and Princess Anne's Gatcombe Park. Zara ...

I once made a complete numptie of myself when reviewing a movie about the Roman conquest of Britain. How were the invaders able to swan around in hardly any clothes, I wondered, given underfloor ...

The intaglio was likely set in a signet ring and used to stamp correspondence at Bremenium, a military outpost located ...

Chelsea legend John Terry has leapt to the defence of the club's former owner Roman Abramovich and hit out at the treatment he has received in recent years. Russian oligarch Abramovich, 58, owned the ...

In the annals of Yoruba and Nigerian history, the year 1895 stands as a defining moment of courage, resistance, and imperial aggression — the year when Oyo Town, the political and spiritual heart of ...

In 219 BC the Carthaginians, who had been expanding their control of Iberia, besieged and destroyed the city of Saguntum, about 30 km north of modern Valencia. Some time before this the Saguntines and ...

Discover the pivotal events between 1918 and 1942 that shaped the first half of World War II. This timeline traces that path from the bitter conclusion of the First World War through the ascendancy of ...