A beautiful Roman mosaic depicting a leopard hunting an antelope is set to stay in the UK after a local museum scrambled together enough money to purchase it. The 8ft by 6.5ft panel was unearthed in 1974 and is thought to have been made 1,700 years ago during the Roman occupation of Britain, experts believe. … Read more
A payslip made from a sheet of papyrus shows a Roman soldier was left penniless 1,900 years ago after the military took out fees for certain items. The document was made out to a Gaius Messius, who participated in the Siege of Masada that was one of the last battles during the First Jewish-Roman War. … Read more
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich writes to every player for the first time vowing to ‘personally direct more funds’ to anti-racism efforts after being ‘appalled’ by abuse directed at Reece James on social media Roman Abramovich has never before written directly to his Chelsea players But owner reached out to offer complete support for those suffering … Read more
Roman Abramovich’s British property empire is worth more than £200million and includes a 15-bedroom London mansion as pressure grows to freeze his UK assets. The Russian billionaire, 54, reportedly boasts a British property empire that includes a 15-bedroom mansion in Kensington Palace Gardens that is believed to be now worth £125 million. Russia’s most prominent opposition … Read more
Roman Abramovich’s British property empire is worth more than £200million and includes a 15-bedroom London mansion as pressure grows to freeze his UK assets. The Russian billionaire, 54, reportedly boasts a British property empire that includes a 15-bedroom mansion in Kensington Palace Gardens that is believed to be now worth £125 million. Russia’s most prominent opposition … Read more
They marauded on to British shores 43 years after the birth of Christ, founded the city of York – and then vanished from the historical record. The mystery of what happened to the Roman Army’s ninth legion, who came to these shores with Emperor Claudius’s invasion, continues to vex experts. The last mention of the … Read more
He welcomed a son called Roman with his fiancée Lucy Mecklenburgh in March. And Ryan Thomas shared a sweet snap of his nine-month-old baby on his Instagram page on Christmas Eve, ahead of Roman celebrating his first Christmas. The former Coronation Street star, 36, posted a picture of the adorable tot in festive red checkered … Read more
Dozens of new Roman Army camp sites dating from two millennia ago have been discovered in northern Spain. Experts used remote sensing technology to uncover the 66 camps of different sizes, which the Romans would’ve used for training and shelter during one of their most infamous conflicts – the conquest of Hispania. Researchers can identify the original … Read more
Researchers are getting closer to uncovering the identity of a mysterious Roman woman who died in the 4th century AD and was buried in an elaborate grave in what is now Spitalfields Market in London. The so-called Spitalfields Roman Woman, whose grave was first discovered in 1999, is though to have been a person of great wealth … Read more
Dasha Zhukova is expecting her first child with new husband billionaire shipping tycoon Stavros Niarchos. The Moscow-born gallery owner, 39, is the ex-wife of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, with whom she shares two of her seven children, a son, Aaron Alexander, born in 2009 and daughter, Leah Lou, born in 2013. According to Page Six, she … Read more