Amateur cavers map network of passages built by Roman emperor at Tivoli to keep slaves, oxen and victuals below stairs
History in the making: a Roman map… and an 18th-century hoax
In 1747, the sensational discovery of an ancient chronicle redrew the map of Roman Britain and gave us place names we still use today. There was only one problem. It was a sham
Archaeologists find 10,000 objects from Roman London
Discoveries include writing tablets, thousands of pieces of pottery and a large collection of phallus-shaped luck charms
Roman theatre discovered in Kent
Archaeologists unearth enormous 2,000-year-old auditorium – the first of its kind in UK – in hillside near Faversham
We came, we saw, we detected: relics from Caesar era among amateur finds
British Museum pays tribute to hordes of metal detectorists and their hoards of ancient relics, helmets, coins and weapons
Silchester Iron Age finds reveal secrets of pre-Roman Britain
A single olive stone unearthed at the ancient town of Silchester is among the extraordinary finds that are leading archaeologists to rewrite British history
An olive stone from 150BC links pre-Roman Britain to today’s pizzeria
Archaeologists have unearthed a charred stone that suggests the Mediterranean diet came to these islands during the Iron Age
Chichester’s new £7m museum displays Roman past
Remains of Roman bath house that was excavated in the 1970s then reburied form centrepiece of Novium museum
Gnawed Roman skeleton that inspired Sylvia Plath poem goes on display
Sarcophagus containing bones of Roman woman and rodents that chewed her ankle go on show at Cambridge museum
Vandals damage Roman stonework at Scarborough castle
Night time attack risks damage to sensitive archaeology dating back more than 2,500 years