Roman Britain

Gold medallion of Constantius I, from the mint of Trier. It depicts Constantius celebrating his victory over Alectus in AD 296. Constantius is shown on a horse at the gates of London, welcomed by Britannia. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The LibraryThe first British Empire

A marble bust of the Emperor Hadrian who ruled from AD 117 to 138

Hadrian's travels

Photo of a statue of Boudicca

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White horse of Uffington

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Black and white image depicting engraving of Julius Caesar.

Q&AWhat is the earliest evidence for a battle in Britain?

Photo of Roman coins

Q&ADid Roman Britain have its own emperor?

Hadrian's Wall

Welcome to Britannia: Roman Britain in AD 130

Historian Miles Russell. (Photography by Philip Hartley for BBC History Magazine)

History explorerExtravagance in Roman Britain: a visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A cast of a Roman warship carrying armed soldiers. (Photo By DEA / G. NIMATALLAH/De Agostini/Getty Images)

The Roman invasion: whose side were the Britons on?

View towards Steel Rigg from Hadrian's Wall in Northumbria. (Photo by VisitBritain/Rod Edwards via Getty Images)

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Britain under Roman rule and the truth about the crusades. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hadrian's Wall photographed at Hotbank Crags and looking towards Crag Lough in Northumberland National Park. (Photo by Roger Coulam/Getty Images)

The LibraryApocalypse then circa 410: the end of Roman Britain

A second-century bronze head of Roman Emperor Hadrian

Hadrian: rescuer of the Roman Empire

A Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall (Getty Images)

How Roman was Britain?