You are ten miles from the geographic centre of England — but also at the very heart of Roman Britain ... much less well-known, is The Fosse Way, which links Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) with ...

An original section of the Roman road between Manchester and Yorkshire. The Romans built 10,000 miles of road across Britain. Many of these are used today as modern roads, such as the Fosse Way ...

Built during the republic and empire, a vast network of roads made moving goods and troops easier through all corners of the Roman world. Begun in 312 B.C., the Appian Way is perhaps the most ...

The myth of straight Roman roads ... roads were built in Britain from around the 1st Century BC. “It has often been wondered how the Romans managed to build the Fosse Way, which goes from ...

A MAP of Britain in the Dark Ages (A.D. 410 to 871) is the third of the period maps to be published by the Ordnance Survey. The south sheet covering England, Wales and part of southern Scotland ...

Those treaties paved the way for the later occupation, which quickly established Roman rule in southeast Britain, though it would take many more years to conquer the more distant parts of the ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

The Pennine Way served as a catalyst for similar long-distance footpaths across Britain (nearly a dozen ... futile raids on this northernmost symbol of the Roman empire. Northumberland bills ...

Meanwhile, Roman subjects in Britain were left to fend for themselves against raiders from Scotland and Ireland, having lost the support of Roman soldiers even before the separation from the Empire.

It was built around 80 AD, just a few decades after the Romans invaded Britain and founded Londinium - the Roman name for the city. But the first basilica and forum were only in use for about 20 ...