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 [...]
To Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain. Starting as a Roman military base, Tarraco was the capital of the Roman provinces of north and central Spain. Today, the Roman ruins form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. +Amphitheatre, completed around 120 CE +Roman Circus, the best-preserved Roman circus remains in Europe with an accessible underground vaulted [...]