Category: Roman

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

Photogrammetry apps sometimes warn us that results may suffer if we use zoomed-in photographs. I’m no expert,…

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…

Originally built around 90 AD Caerleon amphitheatre was a popular entertainment venue for the legionnaries, and others…

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…

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

Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greek king who came to his throne in 336 BC,…