Roman Britain

A memorial tomb to King Æthelstan, the first Saxon king of all England, in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire. (Photo by Geography Photos/UIG via Getty Images)

A brief history of England

A Gallo-Roman image shows wine being transported. According to Barry Cunliffe, there was a long period when the Romans traded extensively with the Celts of Gaul, tribes with whom the Romans co-existed in relative peace. (Photo by BeBa/Iberfoto/Mary Evans)

The Celts: were they friends or foes of the Romans?

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Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. (Loop Images/UIG via Getty Images)

A brief history of Hadrian’s Wall

Boudica and her daughters stand aloft in a bronze chariot in this statue located on the Thames embankment in London.

Boudica: scourge of the Roman empire

Julius Caesar, depicted in a first-century BC bust

Caesar’s British gamble

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How ethnically diverse was Roman Britain?

A statue of the British king Caratacus

Roman Britain’s greatest rebel

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Roman amphitheatre in Caerleon, Wales. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

History Explorer: The Roman army in Britain

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Gold medallion of Constantius I, from the mint of Trier. It depicts Constantius celebrating his victory over Alectus in AD 296. Constantius is shown on a horse at the gates of London, welcomed by Britannia. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The first British Empire

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A marble bust of the Emperor Hadrian who ruled from AD 117 to 138

Hadrian’s travels

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Hadrian's Wall

Welcome to Britannia: Roman Britain in AD 130

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Historian Miles Russell.

History explorer: Extravagance in Roman Britain

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Caractacus, king of the British tribe of Trinovantes, and the son of Cunobelinus. (Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Roman Britain under attack

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A cast of a Roman warship carrying armed soldiers. (Photo By DEA / G. NIMATALLAH/De Agostini/Getty Images)

The Roman invasion: Whose side were the Britons on?