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 ...

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

When the two roads met—a convergence comparable to the 1869 linking of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads at Promontory Summit, Utah—Roman control over the Mediterranean basin was ...

No roads, no empire; know roads, know empire. As Ms. Fletcher demonstrates, there is really nothing like the Roman road network. However you count, it ran for hundreds of thousands of miles.

Archaeologists in Italy have recently discovered ancient Roman tombs while excavating a necropolis, including one with a gladiator's epitaph. Coins, lamps and vases were also found.

A former toll house on one of the most important historic roads in Britain is up for sale. The Grade II listed Burcotgate ...