r is a renowned scholar of the Roman Army and has written many books, both on this topic and related Roman subjects.…
The story of Alexander the Great, the dashing young prince who conquered vast swathes of the world before his mysterious death at…
In the early 4th century, Emperor Constantine (r. 306-337) introduced a new gold coin of stable value, with 72 such coins per…
The corroded helmet would have been an essential component of protection for any Viking warrior. Several iron bands and plates, riveted together,…
The Spartans were well-known for their frugality, living simply with a minimum of comforts, and ‘spartan’ acquired the sense of extreme simplicity…
The research, published in the journal Britannia, is expected to aid understanding of how Wales was conquered and dominated 2,000 years ago.…
‘Hun’ became an unflattering synonym for Germans during World War I, used by Britons to emphasise their enemy’s brutality.…
Thought to belong to an Iron Age warrior buried over 2,000 years ago, the site includes weapons such as a sword in…
Carrawburgh is one of 16 forts along the 118km Hadrian’s Wall. The frontier, built around AD 122, was responsible for defending the…
The location of the battle that supposedly ‘brought England into existence’ was always going to be hotly disputed. But archaeologists now claim…