Time Present and Time Past

Much of what we know about Roman Britain, and especially about the 1st Century AD, is based on archaeological evidence. There are, however, ...

One of the things that stands out from the recent "Wonder of Rome" blog-hop is the consensus that exists among those of my fellow ...

With the expansion of the Roman Empire in the 1st Centuries (BC & AD), the peoples of northern and western Europe found themselves, ...

What do we know for certain about the Roman invasion of Britain? That it happened in 43 AD; that it involved four legions under the command ...

I recently saw an article on the "Public Books" website which sets out to ask why it is that the historical novel needs to be ...

In 1996, archaeologists excavating in a gravel quarry at Stanway, near Colchester, discovered a series of burials with rich grave-goods, dat...

In 2009, when I first began the research for An Accidental King , I visited Fishbourne Roman Palace for the first time in more than twenty y...