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 ...

Research on Roman women looks mainly at clothes, hairstyles, and jewellery, rather than conflict, disease, and financial ...

Britain's descent into anarchy was disastrous ... More information: Charles Norman et al, Droughts and conflicts during the late Roman period, Climatic Change (2025). DOI: 10.1007 ...

Roman Britain’s main produce were crops like spelt ... but this made them vulnerable to late spring and early summer moisture deficits, and early summer droughts could lead to total crop failure.

Scientists link the 367 CE Barbarian invasion of Roman Britain to severe drought, revealing climate’s hidden role in the ...

Security experts say the operation to secure Pope Francis' funeral will be anything but uncomplicated and straightforward.

A team of archaeologists has found what they claim to be the skeleton of a gladiator who was bitten by a big cat — the first ...

A chunk of Roman masonry, thought to be the last remaining original piece of the Roman fort of Mamucium, lies behind a metal ...

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...