Roman Britain

Cicero denounces plot organised by Catiline to take the power, mural painting by Cesare Maccari.

The ultimate Romans quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gladiator tales. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Amanda Hart.

My life in historyManager at the Roman Baths and Pump Room. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Academy Roman Britain quiz – week four. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Academy video lecture: leaving the Roman empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Academy Roman Britain quiz – week three. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Academy video lecture: war and peace in Roman Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Academy video lecture: The Humble and the Proud. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Academy Roman Britain quiz: week two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bronze figure of Sulis, the Celtic goddess associated with medicine, fertility and healing. (Image by Getty Images)

Exile and exploitation: 5 things you probably didn't know about Roman Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Academy Roman Britain quiz – week one. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A timeline of Roman Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Academy video lecture: Joining the Roman empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Slave markets – as shown in this engraving – were a staple of most Roman towns (Image by Alamy)

Ancient Roman slavery: what was life like as an enslaved person?

Bronze Boudica statue against summer sky in London

What did Boudica’s Iceni warriors look like?

The Unesco world heritage site of Hadrian's Wall. (Photo by Getty Images)

Black British historyBlack Britannia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Unesco world heritage site of Hadrian's Wall. (Photo by Getty Images)

New light on the end of Roman Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 8Families, ancestors and DNA. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A third-century monument of a Roman woman having her hair styled by slaves, from Germany. High-status women on the frontiers, including at Hadrian's Wall, tried to follow the latest Roman fashions (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI / Getty Images)

Roman Britain: what six objects can reveal about life for women at Hadrian’s Wall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 9Ends and beginnings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The tombstone of a Roman soldier named Vivius Marcianus.

How the Great Fire of London revealed the city’s Roman past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 7Bones, diet and migrants. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 6Cultures lost and found. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 5An identity crisis?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 4Religion and belief. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bronze figure of Sulis, the Celtic goddess associated with medicine, fertility and healing. (Image by Getty Images)

Religion in Roman Britain: spreading the word of the gods. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 3A militarised state?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 2Life in the late imperial age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In the AD 40s, the British king Caratacus led a huge revolt against Rome's occupying army. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Caratacus: Roman Britain’s greatest rebel. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A bust of Vespasian in Bath. The future emperor was responsible for expanding Roman territory into the west of Britain. (Image by Getty Images)

How did the Romans conquer Britain?