A severe three-year drought helped bring about a "barbarian" invasion of Roman Britain in A.D. 367, a new study finds. In that year, Roman troops stationed at Hadrian's Wall on the empire's northern ...
Julius Caesar wrote about leading two Roman invasions of Britain, in 55 B.C. and 54 B.C., in his Commentaries on the Gallic War, which can still be read today. To the Romans of the first century B.C., ...
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Extreme drought contributed to barbarian invasion of late Roman Britain, tree-ring study reveals
Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study in Climatic Change reveals. Researchers argue ...
Simon Esmonde Cleary does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
At the very limit of their influence and control, Britain was considered the far northern edge of the Roman Empire. Establishing themselves in Londinium, they were famously unable to conquer what ...
Archaeologists have transported visitors back in time by constructing a Roman fort gateway at Richborough Roman Fort near Sandwich in east Kent, according to Roman archaeology specialist Simon Esmonde ...
A severe three-year drought helped bring about a "barbarian" invasion of Roman Britain in A.D. 367, a new study finds. In that year, Roman troops stationed at Hadrian's Wall on the empire's northern ...
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