Over the past year, archaeologists and heritage professionals from the UK, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands have been working together on the "Bridging the North Sea" project. Their aim? To uncover how the North Sea connected these regions during Roman times rather than dividing them. The results are gradually showing how the sea served as a dynamic highway linking communities, ideas, and economies [...]
Author: Kieren Johns. The Romans first made direct contact with Britain in the middle of the 1st century BC, when Julius Caesar invaded in 55 and 54 BC. Rome’s most famous general believed that the island’s native Celtic people had been providing support to the Gauls in France, against whom he was waging the war that would secure his fame. Within a century, [...]
When the Romans first invaded Britain in 43 AD, they remained hesitant to push on northwards. The area north of the Humber River was kept in check by the Brigantes, a client Kingdom of native Celts who were initially friendly to their island’s invaders. Sometime in the early 70s AD however, a new leader of this kingdom adopted a hostile attitude to the [...]