When the legions departed and the cities crumbled, only one furious monk left behind a written record of what remained. This ...

The discovery of traces of rare Tyrian purple dye in the gypsum burials of two infants in Roman York has shed exciting new ...

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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 argue ...

DNA analysis of a Roman-era skeleton known as "Beachy Head Woman" suggests she was likely from Britain, revising earlier ...

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Puncture injuries by large felid scavenging on both sides of bone. A skeleton from Roman-era England has bite marks consistent with those of a large cat like a lion, suggesting that this individual ...

Fearsome Roman gladiators dueling for the entertainment of a roaring amphitheater looms large in the cultural imagination, perhaps now more than ever with Ridley Scott’s blockbuster Gladiator sequel, ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the individual was likely bitten by a lion. Reading time 2 minutes Gladiatorial ...