Back then, before the Romans invaded, we didn't have one king or queen ruling over the nation. Britain was made up of different groups, or tribes, known as the Celts or native Britons. We get an ...

A metre-long piece of carved wood discovered by chance is more than 6,000 years old – making it the oldest carved wood in Britain, experts say. The decorative markings were made by Late ...

Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion, a new analysis suggests. Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that ...

Romans in Britain primarily cultivated “spring-sown ... suggests the province never fully regained its former stability before Rome’s complete withdrawal around 410 CE.

They built sewage systems and paved, straight roads that stretched right across the country to connect up all their new Roman towns. Before long, they’d built so much that Britain didn’t look ...

A matrilocal organization suggesting significant female power, long before the arrival of the Romans. The study, published in Nature , is based on the genetic analysis of 57 individuals buried in ...

Until recently, the only objects known from this area dating before the Iron Age were ... It's already thought the early vineyards in Britain were set up by the Romans, following the invasion ...

The centuries that followed, before the entrenchment of stable states ... Williams accepts that post-Roman Britain did suffer a sudden “trauma of collapse” that shook its spirit.

Tweezers, which Romans used to pluck unwanted body hair, “didn’t exist in Britain before the Romans arrived.” Once the Romans invaded Britain, tweezers seemed to abound. These and other ...

It is the only representation of the Trojan War from Roman Britain, and tells the story ... was repurposed for more workaday activities, before the building finally fell into disrepair.

The Roman occupation of Britain, from 43 A.D. to around 410 ... nytimes.com.Learn more Jenny Gross is a general assignment reporter. Before joining The Times, she covered British politics for ...