Category: Ancient

For a far flung part of the ancient empire, Britain is fortunate to have many Roman remains….

Segontium was a Roman fort that played an important part in the often difficult conquest of North…

If you visit Caerwent, in southeast Wales, you’ll find many excellent historic ruins. That’s because it was…

Close to the beautiful coast of Cardigan Bay, on the windswept western side of Eryri (Snowdonia in…

Wales is well known for being steeped in ancient history. And along the ruggedly beautiful coast of…

One of the exciting features of the Roman remains in Caerleon, South Wales, is the amphitheatre. According…

The Roman Second Augustan Legion are famous in British history for many reasons, one being their big…

Sometimes it seems that modern sculptures based on the ancient Greek style are ubiquitous. So it’s not…

The Nereid Monument is an ancient tomb from what is now south-west Turkey. According to Wikipedia it…

Born in 470 BC, Sokrates (a.k.a. Socrates) was a Greek philosopher who is credited as founding Western…