There’s a reason many of Britain’s top footballers decide to move out to Surrey, after all. “That was when I started to realize, I’m on a Roman road here,” says Stapleford.

Begins by using a map to show the first Roman road to be built in Britain: Watling Street, which ran between Richborough and Chester. It then shows Ermine Street, which ran from London to York ...

Britain was not discussed as part of the Silk Roads, and the “Dark Ages” notion led to a common misunderstanding that the islands became an isolated backwater following the collapse of Roman ...

Gloucestershire’s history uncovered at the ‘Missing Link Scheme’ is to be shown on BBC’s Digging for Britain, hosted by Alice Roberts. An archaeological dig, which has captivated the people of ...

And last year, archaeologists uncovered a section of a road built shortly after the Roman invasion of Britain.

Begins by using a map to show the first Roman road to be built in Britain: Watling Street, which ran between Richborough and Chester. It then shows Ermine Street, which ran from London to York ...