Roman Britain

What’s the real history behind ‘Britannia’?

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

History Explorer: The Roman army in Britain.

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 LibraryThe first British Empire.

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

Hadrian's travels.

Photo of a statue of Boudicca

Q&AIs Boudica buried at Platform 9¾?

White horse of Uffington

Who were the Celts?.

Black and white image depicting engraving of Julius Caesar.

Q&AWhat is the earliest evidence for a battle in Britain?

Photo of Roman coins

Q&ADid Roman Britain have its own emperor?.

Hadrian's Wall

Welcome to Britannia: Roman Britain in AD 130.

Historian Miles Russell. (Photography by Philip Hartley for BBC History Magazine)

History explorerExtravagance in Roman Britain: a visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace.

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?.

View towards Steel Rigg from Hadrian's Wall in Northumbria. (Photo by VisitBritain/Rod Edwards via Getty Images)

History explorer: Early Roman Britain.

Britain under Roman rule and the truth about the crusades.

Hadrian's Wall photographed at Hotbank Crags and looking towards Crag Lough in Northumberland National Park. (Photo by Roger Coulam/Getty Images)

The LibraryApocalypse then circa 410: the end of Roman Britain.

A second-century bronze head of Roman Emperor Hadrian

Hadrian: rescuer of the Roman Empire.

A Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall (Getty Images)

How Roman was Britain?.