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The history of Britain will have to be rewritten. The AD43 Roman invasion never happened - and was simply a piece of sophisticated political spin by a weak Emperor Claudius. The history of Britain ...

The Catuvellauni were one of the more interesting Iron Age tribes of Britain and we actually know a surprising amount about them. They had a relatively large territory that included Hertfordshire, ...

A metal detectorist in Great Baddow, Essex, uncovered 933 gold coins dated to 60 to 20 BC, the largest Iron Age gold coin hoard recorded in Britain. The trove, soon to be exhibited by the Museum of ...

In 1996, a team of researchers unearthed a unique burial of a mysterious man. The odd remains and specific funerary equipment thrilled the archaeologists. Was the man who lived 2,000 years ago an ...

An army of four legions and approximately 20,000 auxiliaries, commanded by senator Aulus Plautius, landed at Richborough, Kent. The Romans met a large army of Britons, under the Catuvellauni kings ...

A dazzling display of ancient British Celtic coins was offered at auction in Chris Rudd’s 200th edition catalog, held in Norwich on 18 May. Silver coins once again proved popular, like the excessively ...

Five years after emerging from the grounds of Chelmsford, the U.K.’s largest recorded hoard of ancient gold coins has found a new home. Unearthed by a metal detectorist, the Great Baddow Hoard (named ...

A HOARD of gold Iron Age coins have been discovered in Essex and will be displayed in a county museum. The coins are thought to be possibly linked to Julius Caesar, and have been acquired by the ...