A stunning hoard of over 400 Roman and British coins has been discovered in the Netherlands, offering a glimpse into the expansion of the Roman Empire. Officials announced this week that a phenomenal ...

During this period, the northern limit of the Roman Empire was the Rhine River, where Roman troops were set up to fend off attacks from Germanic tribes and to launch forays into Great Britain. Of the ...

Of the more than 400 coins, 116 were gold. These gold coins included 72 Roman aurei dating from 19 B.C. to A.D. 47, as well as 44 gold alloy coins, called staters, that were minted in Britain. The ...

Hundreds of Roman-era gold and silver coins were found in ... with the only other comparable discovery having been made in Great Britain. Two metal detectorists made the discovery, then formally ...

During a British highway project, a team of archaeologists uncovered a Roman-era central burial with 21 additional grave cuts. The central grave includes a coffin carved from solid limestone and a ...

More recently, archaeologists in Leeds made a groundbreaking discovery, shedding yet further light on Roman-era Britain. Experts from West Yorkshire Archaeological Services unearthed a Roman lead ...

Archaeologists in France have discovered dozens of Roman-era graves of men who were buried with "curse tablets," at least one of which was written in an extinct language. Excavations underneath an ...

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researchers suspect the unique burial was likely of the head of a prominent family in Roman-era Britain. Excavations also revealed more high-status graves within the cemetery with burials ...