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Also known as Gnaeus Julius Agricola Governor of Aquitania 74-77 Governor of Britannia 78-84 Born 40 AD died 93 AD "Each of his grandfathers was an...

OUR Icon this week is unusual as we’re not sure he existed. We know nothing about the supposed Caledonian chief Calgacus, whether he was Hibs or…

How far did the Romans penetrate Scotland? Some believe they constructed Cawdor Roman Fort on the south bank of the River Nairn, near Inverness.

The remains of a vast Iron Age village and an “absolutely remarkable” industrial-scale metal-working site have been discovered at a quarry amid speculation that its destruction was linked to a turning point in the Roman invasion of Scotland.

Publius Aelius Hadrianus (76 - 138 A.D.): Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus. Roman emperor, 117–138 AD.   &...

It was once a dirty, smelly hive of activity which was home to hundreds of Roman soldiers. Today, the only remaining visible part of Ardoch fort, built by the Romans in Perthshire, Scotland, is a series of ditches and mounds. But a new documentary reveals how the fortification - which experts know was occupied in the AD80s during the reign of Emperor Domitian - might have once looked. The programme, which was recently released on streaming site History Hit, shows how the fort would have housed ...

Hadrian’s Wall (Vallum Aulium) was a defensive fortification in Roman Britannia that ran 73 miles (116km) from Mais at the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea to the banks of the River Tyne at Segedunum at Wallsend in the North Sea. The purpose of the walls construction varies, some theories by archaeologists suggest that it was an expression of Rome’s power to solidify Hadrian’s policy of defence. On Hadrian’s accession to the throne in AD 117, there was unrest in parts of the Empire, includ...