Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...

We join a Roman centurion on one night of his life, as he describes his work repairing Hadrian's Wall. Cornelius is 39 years old and has 80 soldiers under his command, who are now resting before ...

Rome in the first century AD - the powerful Roman Empire stretches across three continents. After a long period of civil conflict, Rome saw its governance pass from a republican system to one ...

A bronze 1st century Roman coin in good condition, discovered 3 years ago in the Beer Quarry Caves explorations in Devon. It depicts the Emperor Caligula on the obverse side and a prancing horse ...

Archaeologists discovered evidence of the bloodsucking insects at a first-century Roman fort near Hadrian’s Wall in England. Hadrian’s Wall divided Roman Britannia and the unconquered ...

A sculpture of a Roman centurion has been unveiled at museum on North Tyneside. Based at Segedunum in Wallsend, the 8ft 8in-tall figure was made from three tonnes of Corten steel, the same ...