A reconstruction drawing of Hadrian’s wall, a rebellion within its garrison allowed the Picts to invade northern Britain during the Barbarian Conspiracy - Heritage Images/Historic England Roman rule ...

A severe three-year drought helped bring about a "barbarian" invasion of Roman Britain in A.D. 367, a new study finds. In that year, Roman troops stationed at Hadrian's Wall on the empire's northern ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

Will Bowden receives funding from the British Academy and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Leaving a major political body is nothing new for mainland Britain. In 409AD, more than 350 years ...

Simon Esmonde Cleary does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Julius Caesar wrote about leading two Roman invasions of Britain, in 55 B.C. and 54 B.C., in his Commentaries on the Gallic War, which can still be read today. To the Romans of the first century B.C., ...

A severe three-year drought helped bring about a "barbarian" invasion of Roman Britain in A.D. 367, a new study finds. In that year, Roman troops stationed at Hadrian's Wall on the empire's northern ...