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The Stanegate Frontier: Life in Roman Britain Before Hadrian's Wall

During the Roman Army’s push into the north of the British Isle (AD 60-84) a road was established which connected the narrow part of northern England between the Tyne and Irthing Valleys. ...

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Whose Empire Is It Anyway?

Was the Roman Empire a beacon of civilisation or a mechanism of exploitation? Did it exist to spread peace, prosperity, and enlightenment? Or was it a ruthless system of robbery with violence to ...

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Vespasian: The Man Who Conquered Britain... Then Rome.

When Emperor Claudius invaded Britain in 43 CE he chose a loyal and experienced commander-in-chief for a dangerous mission. And he sensibly took with him in his suite aristocrats who might have ...

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Aquae Sulis: Sacred Springs

One mild March morning in 2007, a group of friends and I set off, crammed into a tiny, scruffy car, on our way to the Somerset city of Bath. To everyone's surprise, I had never set foot in the ...

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Interviews

(Not Quite) Thoroughly Modern Martha.

The clock struck thirteen as I stormed the ominous portals under the battlements of the British...

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A chat with Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye

In the midst of the apocalyptic storms that March had sent to whirl around the streets of London,...

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A Day in the Life of a Classicist

Classics is immensely transferable as a subject, and its students go on to almost every walk of...

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Travel

Great Cities of the Roman Empire - Tarragona, Spain

Welcome to Colonia Julia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco. Better known to us today as Tarragona, it is...

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Samothrace - Moving to a remote Greek island

The 180 km squared Greek island of Samothrace in the North Aegean is dominated by the 1600 metre...

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Dougga By Day

Tunisia, a richly historical land at present under-going a (one hopes, short) period of political...

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Great Cities of the Roman Empire - Nîmes

Le Midi is the name the French have given to the beautiful, southern region of their country and if...

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When in Rome use the underground

It isn’t surprising that Rome’s Underground/Metro system is smaller than that of London’s - after...

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Bacchus in France

Philippa Williams searches for the god of wine in Aquitaine.

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