Roman Britain

A Roman mosaic floor at Brading Roman Villa on the Isle of Wight. (Image by Alamy)

Fishbourne Roman Palace, plus 5 more Roman mosaics you can explore in Britain

Detail of the processional frieze Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome. (Photo by Alamy)

7 podcasts about the Romans to listen to right now

Sir Barry Cunliffe and a team of archaeologist roll up a Roman mosaic at Fishbourne Roman palace

Roll up, roll up: how the Roman mosaics at Fishbourne Palace were saved

Marble statue of a young Roman girl

Everything you wanted to know about Roman Britain – but were afraid to ask

A calendar

Q&A Where do the names for days of the week come from?

Marble statue of a young Roman girl playing Knucklebones, also known as Fivestones or Jacks, 2nd Century AD (Photo by Getty Images)

Everything you ever wanted to know about Roman Britain, but were afraid to ask

A statue of the Roman emperor Augustus in Augsburg, Germany

After the empire: the fall of Roman Britain

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

Hardian's Wall, a world heritage site. (Photo by Getty Images)

A tale of two walls: how Hadrian’s Wall inspired Game of Thrones

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

A brief history of Hadrian’s Wall

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?

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

The Library Roman Britain’s greatest rebel