The Arthurian novels of Rosemary Sutcliff, noted for her focus on traditional British characters, were also influenced by the colonial ideology of Rudyard Kipling, especially the ‘Roman’ section of ...

As an island nation, Britain has suffered the threat of invasion throughout its history. In this illuminating documentary, historian Sam Willis looks at the early attempts to invade, including the ...

The Cantabrian Wars (29-16 BC) represented Rome's final push to subjugate the last independent Celtic peoples in western continental Europe. The conflicts were so challenging that Augustus himself ...

The Gauls—not the infamous Vandals or Visigoths—were the first to conquer Rome and plunder the city for its wealth. Their leader's words would haunt Romans for generations: “Vae victis—Woe to the ...