Most of the Roman villas found by archaeologists are in the south of England. The governor of Britain had a palace in London. Another palace was beside the sea, at Fishbourne (near Chichester in ...

The archaeologists noted that over time, the entire complex had several aisled buildings with four huge columns that are the ...

Related: 32 stunning centuries-old hoards unearthed by metal detectorists Norfolk was an important part of Roman Britain, with many large villas that acted as the hubs of farming estates, Marsden said ...

The interiors of Roman villas were often lavishly decorated with painted walls and mosaic floors, and examples are found across the Roman Empire including Britain. Brading Roman Villa on the Isle ...

Hadrian’s Wall in Britain “and a host of other ... members of the imperial aristocracy. Their villas were designed for the all-important Roman activity of otium—leisure—encompassing ...

was a very prosperous part of Britain - there was a line of villas here and you've got [the county's longest Roman road] the Peddars Way - because the soil is very fertile and it's prime ...

Although it may have seemed civilized to certain people at certain times, the Roman Empire was built on brute force and military strength. Local inhabitants obeyed Roman rule because the ...

The hole full of bones—the largest ritual deposit discovered of its kind dating to the Roman Britain period—gives archaeologists hints about the ways that conquered British did—and didn’t ...

In Britain, at the northernmost edge of the empire, Rome’s normal strategies for command and control of its provinces failed horribly. For the first time in memory, the Roman army was in retreat ...

Norfolk was an important part of Roman Britain, with many large villas that acted as the hubs of farming estates, Marsden said. One of Britain's longest Roman roads passed through the region ...