While archaeologists have long been unearthing mass-produced memorabilia featuring the fierce battles of ancient Roman ...

Colchester in Essex was once the capital of Roman Britain, and is the oldest recorded city in Britain, with a history ...

An inscription on the vase names gladiators Memnon and Valentinus, suggesting it commemorates a real combat event in ...

The city also has a connection to nursery rhymes, with claims that "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" was written there.

The site, which was the venue for chariot races in Roman Colchester, was the only hippodrome built in Britain after it was completed in around 125AD.

A 19th-century archaeological discovery, the so-called Colchester Vase, has recently undergone a re-evaluation that could ...

Historic England said Tarmac's plan to extract 500,000 tonnes of sand and Colchester Zoo's expansion ... It may have been built just after the Roman invasion in AD43, possibly as part of the ...

A discussion between a Celtic and Roman man about the attack on Colchester by Boudicca. Boudicca and the Iceni tribe successfully defeated the Roman Ninth Legion and destroyed the capital of Roman ...

The famous Colchester Glass Cup has been featured in the museum's Roman Britain postcard collection. This selection highlights some of the finest surviving artifacts from Roman Britain, showcasing ...

Historic England believes it was created to protect the Roman territory of Camulodunum - what has now become modern day Colchester. Council officers recommended that the quarry application be refused.

A recent re-evaluation of the Colchester Vase, a 19th-century archaeological discovery, sheds new light on gladiatorial combat in Roman Britannia. The vase, dating back to CE 160–200 ...