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There are a fair number of articles concerning Roman Britain to be found on-line, notably those at the CBA website, and UK newspapers, particularly the Daily Telegraph, The Times and the The Guardian also hold  reports of interest in their on-line archives. (Please note that the material in these linked sites, although reproduced on the web, remains the copyright of the publishers and permission should always be sought before using it .)

The Council for British Archaelogy


In recent years the CBA Journal British Archaeology has featured several articles focussing on aspects of Roman Britain. The journal is published in full on the CBA website two months after it appears in print  - the following list of articles includes links to the features section of the relevant issues. Some of the articles, such as Martin Henig's views on the Roman invasion,  give rise to correspondence - which can be found in the 'Letters' section of subsequent issues.

Togidubnus and the Roman liberation ...The historian Tacitus invented the `conquest' of Britain, claims Martin Henig No 37 September 1998

The literate culture of `Dark Age' Britain  ....People continued to use sophisticated Latin in early medieval western Britain, writes David Howlett  No 33 April 1998

Centuries of Roman survival in the West ....Evidence of the late survival of Roman culture in western Britain extends far beyond the well known remains of Wroxeter. Ken Dark reports  32 March 1998

?? Roads that ramble, and roads that run ....In the first of a new series of features on the historic landscape, Paul Hindle explains some of the peculiarities of British roads No 31 February 1998

Change and evolution in Roman Britain ....How much did Britain really change under the Romans? Debbie Day reports No 30 December 1997

Roman roads that reshaped the land ....Roman roads may have been resented as symbols of Roman power, writes Rob Witcher  No 27 September 1997

Rebellion remains the decisive factor ...The end of Roman Britain was largely an inside job, writes Michael Jones  No 20 December 1996

Tight-fisted soldiers of Roman Britain ...Army pay rises did little for Late Roman Britain's economy, says John Creighton No 18 October 1996

Wroxeter, rich in a wealthy land ...The Roman town was neither a failure nor a freak, writes Roger White No 18 October 1996

Weaving the strands of a new Iron Age ... J D Hill  The old idea of Iron Age warrior societies is fast changing. 
No 18 October 1996

Yes, the Romans did invade Ireland....And we don't need Roman forts as evidence, says Richard Warner.   No 14 May 1996

When Romans and natives didn't mix....Simon Clarke finds evidence for a slow pace of Romanisation in North Britain.   No 14 May 1996

Finding Britons in Anglo-Saxon graves....Heinrich Harke New evidence that most native Britons survived.   No 10 December 1995

Money for Rome's naval secrets....John Orna-Ornstein  Roman coins show how Rome used her navy.   No 8 October 1995

Among the crumbling Roman ruins....Peter Carrington  How did the Saxons deal with Roman buildings?  No 7 September 1995

Turning a fortress into a cathedral.....Ian Wood  A look at new evidence for the post-Roman period from York.   No 7 September 1995

To Scotland then they came, burning....Colin Martin  The emperor Severus attempted genocide in Scotland.   No 6 July 1995

Not King Arthur, but King Someone....Chris Morris  Legend may be half-right about Tintagel after all.   No 4 May 1995

Killing the unwanted child....Simon Mays  Infanticide is as old as man. Evidence from the Palaeolithic to the modern age, including new evidence from Roman Britain.   No 2 March 1995

Hunting the origins of Roman London....Clive Orton  Why did the Romans found London?  Reports on rival theories.   No 1 February 1995 

 



The Daily Telegraph



22 March 1999  details of a Roman lead coffin found in London.

11 August 1998  New Roman town discovered in Kent

15 July 1998  Britain's oldest zodiac (on 3rd cent. Roman statue)

25 August 1997  TV Time Team find Roman villa complex

2 August 1997   Remains of Roman prison camp at Vindolanda

10 July 1997  Roman surgical instruments discovered at Colchester

9 July 1997  Roman coins found in field offer lessons in history

25 April 1997  Builders uncover Roman des res**

23 February 1997  Roman Britons made white wine for export**

21 January 1997  Ferryman discovers rare Roman sculpture**




The Times

16 March 1999  details of a Roman lead coffin found in London

18 December 1998  Roman Triumphal Arch discovered in London

24 November 1998  Report on the Colliton Park site, Dorchester

9 November 1998  Replica Romano-British ship to tour the Med

11 August 1998  New Roman town discovered in Kent

25 July 1998  5th century church discovered on the site of Vindolanda

23 June 1998  Excavators find Roman military parade ground at Alchester

8 June 1998  Memorial erected at the battle of the Medway

11 November 1997   The Roman water supply to Dorchester

6 October 1997  The end of Roman Silchester

10 July 1997  Roman surgical instruments discovered at Colchester

9 July 1997  A hoard of Roman coins found in a Sussex field

16 May 1997  Tribal rebellion in the north of Britain 117 -119AD ?





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