Roman Britain

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Episode 8 Families, ancestors and DNA . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A third-century monument of a Roman woman having her hair styled by slaves, from Germany. High-status women on the frontiers, including at Hadrian's Wall, tried to follow the latest Roman fashions (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI / Getty Images)

Roman Britain: what six objects can reveal about life for women at Hadrian’s Wall

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Episode 9 Ends and beginnings . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The tombstone of a Roman soldier named Vivius Marcianus.

How the Great Fire of London revealed the city’s Roman past

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Episode 7 Bones, diet and migrants . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 6 Cultures lost and found . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 5 An identity crisis? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 4 Religion and belief . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bronze figure of Sulis, the Celtic goddess

Religion in Roman Britain: spreading the word of the gods

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Episode 3 A militarised state? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 2 Life in the late imperial age . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A statue of the British king Caratacus

Caratacus: Roman Britain’s greatest rebel

A bust of Vespasian in Bath

How did the Romans conquer Britain?

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Episode 1 Introduction, and a mystery mosaic . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Claudia Severa’s preserved party invitation from Vindolanda

Q&A What was written on the Vindolanda Tablets?