Essential History | The people, places and events that have shaped our history and culture
The people, places and events that have shaped our history and culture
Such would have read the headlines of the particulars for one of England's finest Romano-British villas. Four miles from Cirencester, a villa replete with stunning mosaics, two bath houses and a nymphaeum bring AD 400s Romano-Britain to life. Thought to be a villa of high-standing administrators, it would have housed his close and wider family [...]
Richborough Roman Fort near Sandwich, Kent, England. Breathtaking site that marks the spot where the invading Roman forces first landed in AD 43 - and their final stronghold before leaving Britain in the early 5th century. Richborough once hosted a deep-water port, long since silted up, making it an ideal point of disembarkation for the [...]
Colchester Castle is built directly over the massive foundations of the Temple of Claudius, the largest classical temple in Roman Britain. Constructed between 49 and 60 AD, it served as the centre for the worship of the deified Roman Emperor Claudius. Built when Colchester (Camulodunum) was the first capital of Roman Britain, the temple was [...]
Italica, nine kilometres from Seville, comprises ancient old and new towns. The former dates from 206 BCE when the all-conquering Roman general Scipio Africanus settled Italian veterans on the site giving the town its name. But old Italica is now mostly hidden under the modern town of Santiponce built in the 1600s. Fortunately new Italica, [...]