DNA of Roman legion will fascinate

DNA of Roman legion will fascinate

The Simmering death pit, revealing a massacre 2000 years ago. Photo: A. Slonek/Novetus In the summer of 1959, I found myself excavating at the Roman city of Verulamium, southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England.

Traces of Gloucester’s Roman past revealed in new findings

Archaeologists from Cotswold Archaeology have uncovered significant Roman remains during investigations at the Centre Severn development site in Barnwood, a suburb of Gloucester, England.

Roman limekiln and settlement discovered in Barnwood reveal life and industry in ancient Gloucester

Archaeologists from Cotswold Archaeology revealed significant Roman artifacts at the Centre Severn development site in Barnwood, Gloucester, giving new insights into life and construction practices under Roman occupation in Britain. Excavations between September 2020 and February 2021 revealed the remains of a massive Roman settlement dating from the 2nd to 4th centuries CE, and a remarkably preserved limekiln—perhaps the first of its kind to be…