Ancient Rome – Did size matter?

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Size always matters, and the Romans knew it. A quick look at land, coins and a load of old rubbish…

The Roman Empire once included all, or part of, nearly 50 countries

At the empire’s greatest extent in AD 117 under Trajan, Roman territory stretched from northern Britain to southern […]

How did Romans cope with eclipses?

Yesterday, the world jostled, thrilled and was overcome with excitement by the total eclipse of the sun by the moon. We’ve had scientific explanations, videos of eclipse-chasers setting out, scenes from Burgos in Spain where rooms and hotels had been booked for months, even years to see the 100% eclipse. News headlines and social […]

Bancroft Roman Villa – A surprise!

Me standing in the bathhouse

When you think of Milton Keynes in the UK, you might be forgiven for visualising concrete cows or muttering “new town” to yourself. But the Romans got there well before. Of course they did. 🙂

Bancroft Roman Villa was originally a fairly simple winged-corridor house, but eventually became […]