A new study from the University of Cambridge has uncovered strong evidence that extreme drought played a key role in one of Roman Britain’s most chaotic and devastating events: the “Barbarian ...

The extraordinary colonia, founded by Roman soldiers between the 2nd and 3rd centuries, yielded several remarkable ...

A severe three-year drought helped bring about a "barbarian" invasion of Roman Britain in A.D. 367, a new study finds. In ...

Archaeologists say an "exceptionally well preserved" artefact may be the first to be found in a former Roman settlement.

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

Archaeologists have discovered the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion. The skeleton, discovered two ...

Archaeologists have confirmed the first physical evidence that a Roman gladiator in Britain died fighting a lion. The ...

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

"A sequence of severe summer droughts from 364 to 366 not only contributed to prolonged harvest failures and food shortages, ...