The Roman fort of Vindolanda lies just to the south of Hadrian’s Wall amid the rolling, rugged hills of Northumberland. Over a 50-year period, excavations at Vindolanda managed to uncover some ...

WORKERS from South Shields-based UK Docks have been helping the town’s historic, Roman Fort reclaim herb gardens which became ...

The story of an ancient Roman fort in Derbyshire is being told for modern day visitors. Melandra, in Gamesley, near Glossop, was once home to a garrison of 500 soldiers. The stronghold was ...

The village of Gamesley in Derbyshire was once a key site for Romans in the north of England The story of an ancient Roman fort in Derbyshire is being told for modern day visitors. Melandra ...

Family-friendly things to do at Hadrian's Wall and Housesteads Roman Fort Fresh air, wide open spaces with room to run and explore, dramatic landscapes, a 1900 year old Wall and a Roman Fort with the ...

“That's speculation, but that's one of the thrills of archaeology. “That's why we're looking for this Roman fort.” The harbour would have offered people a quicker route to Stirling without having to ...

An auxiliary was a soldier who was not a Roman citizen. He was only paid a third of a legionary’s wage. Auxiliaries guarded forts and frontiers but also fought in battles, often in the front ...

Archaeologists researching a battlefield in Switzerland discovered a Roman military camp 7,000 feet above sea level. The camp is roughly 2,000 years old and ties to the Roman battlefield in the ...

But when it comes to ancient Roman statues, being a little broken is almost the norm. Walk around any museum of classical art, and you'll likely see shattered noses, cleaved fingers and an awful ...

This was the site of one of the earliest Roman forts built against Saxon raids on the 'Saxon Shore'. It later became the site of an Anglo-Saxon monastery before becoming the parish church for Reculver ...

ROME, Sept 2 (Reuters) - A rare haul of 27 silver Roman coins dated between 94 and 74 BC has been discovered on the remote island of Pantelleria, the Sicily region said on Monday. The discovery ...