Roman Britain

Evening Light on Hadrian's Wall

The Romans in Britain: exploitation or innovation?

Iron Age bronze head

The Celts in Britain: everything you need to know

Mosaic showing gladiators, Roman Civilization, 4th century

Bread and circuses: what happened in the amphitheatres of the Roman empire?

An 18th-century marble relief depicting Julius Caesar invading Britain by John Deare, a British neo-classical sculptor. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Geoffrey of Monmouth: the lost voice of ancient Britain

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Dan Jones by the River Medway at Rochester in Kent. Jones is the presenter of 'Walking Britain’s Roman Roads', which aired on 1 July 2020 at 9pm on 5Select

Exploring Britain’s Roman roads with historian Dan Jones

Sir Barry Cunliffe and a team of archaeologist roll up a Roman mosaic at Fishbourne Roman palace

Roll up, roll up: how the Roman mosaics at Fishbourne Palace were saved

Marble statue of a young Roman girl

Everything you wanted to know about Roman Britain – but were afraid to ask

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Q&A Where do the names for days of the week come from?

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Marble statue of a young Roman girl playing Knucklebones, also known as Fivestones or Jacks, 2nd Century AD (Photo by Getty Images)

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A c1850 bronze statue by Thomas Thornycroft commemorating Boudica and her daughters. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Boudica: scourge of the Roman empire

Hardian's Wall, a world heritage site. (Photo by Getty Images)

A tale of two walls: how Hadrian’s Wall inspired Game of Thrones

A Gallo-Roman image shows wine being transported. According to Barry Cunliffe, there was a long period when the Romans traded extensively with the Celts of Gaul, tribes with whom the Romans co-existed in relative peace. (Photo by BeBa/Iberfoto/Mary Evans)

The Celts: were they friends or foes of the Romans?

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What’s the real history behind ‘Britannia’?

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Roman amphitheatre in Caerleon, Wales. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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