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The wall is the largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain and was built to defend the northernmost limit of the Roman ...
British officials recently unveiled 25 silver denarii found by a metal detectorist in Great Ellingham. An expert told Fox ...
The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that had reached its widest extent when his reign began in A.D. 117.
These barbarians, among them the Picts and the Brigantes, continued to harass the occupying forces until Emperor Hadrian, in Britain on a whistlestop tour of the vast Roman Empire, came up with a ...
A precious gem found at Carlisle's Roman Bathhouse has illuminated the intricacies of religion on Rome's northernmost frontier.
Engineers believe Hadrian’s Aqueduct, which was constructed in the second century, can help the city conserve dwindling water ...
The Roman province of Britannia included only England and Wales but they were not able to subdue Scotland. The emperor Hadrian built a wall across the island at the border for defensive purposes.
With the capital's reservoirs approaching historic lows, officials are turning to ancient engineering to conserve potable ...
Could you survive as a Roman soldier on Hadrian's Wall? Join the History Hit YouTube team as we discover what life was like for Roman legionaries and auxiliary troops on the northern frontier of ...
A lawyer set to walk Hadrian’s Wall in memory of his father who died with prostate cancer will do so dressed in full Roman Empire regalia and re-enactment gear. Jonathan Terry, 39, is a self ...
All the authorities are agreed that he died under fifty, but it cannot have been, as one writer maintains, while still abroad, since we have a letter, dated ten years after the death of Verginius ...