Tag: Hadrians Wall

Drought responsible for British rebellion against Romans

Nov 28, 2025

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Mark

in Ancient Rome, British History, Everything Latin, hadrians-wall, Roman Britain, Roman Empire, Tacitus, Vindolanda

The following article was published in The Guardian online by Harriet Sherwood on Thursday 17th April 2025 The pivotal ‘barbarian conspiracy’ of AD 367 saw Picts, Scotti and Saxons inflicting crushing blows on Roman defences. A series of exceptionally dry summers that caused famine and social breakdown were behind one of the most severe threats…
Roman Bigfoot!

Jun 28, 2025

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Mark

in Ancient Rome, Everything Latin, Hadrians Wall, Roman Britain, Roman Empire, Vindolanda

by the multi-award winning journalist Tony Henderson Evidence has emerged of Northumberland’s very own Bigfoot during a dig at a Roman fort near Hadrian’s Wall. Excavations by teams of volunteers are investigating defensive ditches at the little-explored Magna fort, which is also the site of the Vindolanda Trust’s Roman Army Museum. And the latest find has…