| Julius Caesar : The last Dictator * "a biography of Caesar and Rome." A well-presented site; definitely gets the 'thumbs up!' |
| Segontium Roman Museum * "Segontium Roman Museum vividly portrays the story of the conquest and occupation of Wales by the Romans and displays the finds from the nearby auxiliary fort of Segontium, one of the most famous in Britain." Brill! |
| The Roman Baths and Pumproom * The official goverment-approved Aquae Sulis website |
| Study Group for Roman Pottery * Webmaster Ted.Connell@BTInternet.com "This site is under development" Includes online ordering for their publication: Journal of Roman Pottery Studies |
| Romans-in-Britain.org.uk * "The history of the Romans in Britain - 100BC to 450AD Along with insights into Roman life, the military and how the Romans changed Britain" Choose between Framed or Non-Framed versions of this site |
| Roman Villas in England * from BritainExpress.com A quick resume and lots of ad's |
| The University of Birmingham Field Archaeology Unit (BUFAU) * Includes the fabulous Virtual Wroxeter Roman Fortress. Including The South Cadbury Environs Project. |
| Colchester Archaeological Trust * Brill site with details of all the latest digs in ancient Camulodunum. |
| British Geological Survey * |
| Ordnance Survey * |
| old-maps.co.uk (OS) * Incredibly detailed old maps of the entire bloody country! |
| streetmap.co.uk (OS) * Incredibly detailed new maps of the entire bloody country! |
| Neptune's Moon, Proteus * Saturn's Moon, Prometheus * I can find a sodding relief map of Neptune or Saturn's moons, but can I find a contour map of my own bloody country? No fear! |
| From Trackway to Road * "Corbridge, Roecliffe, and the case for a proto-Dere Street." by M.C. Bishop |
| Late Roman and Dark Age Historians of Britain * Athena Review Vol.1, no.2 |
| Septimus Severus Early Years * A short biography from 'Rome of the Caesars' WebSite |
| Biography of Hadrian * from Britannia.com |
| Biography of Constantius Chlorus * from Roman-Empire.net |
| Vortigern Studies Homepage * "Vortigern Studies spans the period from 400 to 600, a time also referred to as the Dark Ages. ..." |
| The Roman Emperors * A whole bunch of short biographies, by Myron from San José State University |
| The Clans and Tartans of Scotland * Er, I dunno how I ended up here! |
| Romano-British Sites and Museums * Athena Review Vol.1, nos.1 & 2 index page to several articles |
| The Romans * Superlative Romano-British history pages from the BBC. It's good to see the TV-licence monies being so well spent. Absolutely fantastic website! |
| Roman Baths in Britain * By Tony Rook Ace site with plenty of pics. |
| Maps of Great Britain * from 'Images of Medieval Art and Architecture' Index page to several maps of the UK including a LARGE map of Roman Britain; if you're prepared to wait for it to download. |
| Roman Roads in Britain * A short outline from BritainExpress.com - Loads of AD's to contend with tho' |
| Roman amphoras in Britain * by Paul Tyers at InternetArchaeology |
| Association for Roman Archaeology * From Keele University |
| Roman Britain Index * from BritainExpress.com |
| The Romans at Woodchester * by Graham Thomas A huge and varicoloured page on the Roman villa at Woodchester with some ace pics of the justifiably famous mozaic floor. Well worth a visit. |
| The Newstead Research Project * 1993 Field Season "Project Director: Dr Rick Jones, Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, UK." The preliminary report for the 1993 dig. Brill! |
| Maryport - Senhouse Roman Museum * from VisitCumbria.com |
| Historical Atlas Pages * from ViaWest.net A bunch of UK maps including a large (300k+) annotated and indexed map of Roman Britain. Well worth the time spent downloading it. |
| Selected Sources from the Celtic World * From Halsall.EDU |
| Selected Sources on Medieval England * From Halsall.EDU |
| ORB * - The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies An excellent resource for the post-Roman era. |
Archaeology Data Service - ARCHSEARCH * ARChaeological Holdings SEARCH system The absolute dogs-bollocks! Map-driven NMR search system, very swish, very functional, very slow; but extremely good. With clickthru's to:
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names * Bloody Ace! For instance, the GTGN search for 'Noviomagus' produced:
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1. Chichester......................(inhabited place)
(Europe, United Kingdom, England, West Sussex)[7011407]
Noviomagus Regnensium
2. Neumagen-Dhron..................(inhabited place)
(Europe, Deutschland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Trier)[7012618]
Noviomagus
3. Nijmegen........................(inhabited place)
(Europe, Nederland, Gelderland)[7006906]
Noviomagus
Noviomagus Batavorum
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| British Geological Survey * Digital Geological Map Data for the whole of Great Britain |
| www.elstead.co.uk * Reproduction old OS maps. ACE! I've got some of them. Site also includes an on-line map section; you can look at your neighbourhood before it was even built. Brill! |
| www.british-history.com * A very swish-looking site whose title page took an age to load, but was well worth the wait. There are some excellent reconstructional drawings of places such as Portchester and Silchester, and a bunch more other stuff about other periods of British History. Wicked! |
| An archive of English regnal chronology * excellent page listing every known king of British soil. |
| Battles Fought in England, Scotland and Wales * compiled by Peter R Hamilton-Leggett - UNDER CONSTRUCTION But still Ace! |
| The History of Britain * "That Part especially, now call'd ENGLAND; From the First Traditional Beginning, continu'd to the NORMAN CONQUEST. Collected out of the ancientest and best Authors therof. Publish'd from a Copy corrected by the Author himself." In one HUGE chunk - go and have a cuppa! |
| THE CELTIC COIN INDEX * An introduction to British Celtic coinage "The Celtic Coin Index is a collection of more than 32000 images of Celtic coins found in Britain. On the following pages you can find more information about the Index, about Celtic coins in general, and about our plans for making the Index more widely available." Excellent Site! Includes pages like: IV. Coinage north of the Thames |
| Battles and Major Skirmishes in Great Britain 55BC - 1797 * By John E. Muter, Whitehaven, Cumbria, United Kingdom, 1999 |
| The First Thousand Years of British Names * Appendices I and II by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (Heather Rose Jones, hrjones@socrates.berkeley.edu) copyright 1998, all rights reserved |
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Roman Roads in Britain * "A Web-enhanced version of the book by Thomas Codrington published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge London, 1903. Text and maps are in the public domain." Bloody Ace! Includes:
Introduction Page The original source of the Antonine Itinerary information used on the RBO page; from Lacus Curtius
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| End of the Roman Age Society * - living history society, based in the UK, dedicated to recreating Late Roman Britain. |
| Web Directories: Reenactors World * - living history links from Roman times to World War II. |
| The Third Cohort Batavi * - reenactment group which trains in Dark Age Roman and Barbarian sword fighting styles and strategies. |
| OMNIA Foundation * "Occupies itself with re-enactment of Roman and Celtic history in northern Europe." Wierd site from the Netherlands with some cool graphics. |
| Campus Martius: Toga * - instructions on making togas from a group of historical reenactors. A superb page on the making of a Roman Toga; go and get togged-up! webmaster@novaroma.org |
| Brigantia * Iron-Age Celtic re-enactment society. Based around Portsmouth, give public displays of combat and living history in the South of England and Wales. Activities, bibliography. Cool site with some haunting vibes. |
| Cantiaci * This living history group has recreated an Iron Age farmstead in the Riverside Country Park, Gillingham, Kent, complete with crafts and plants. Photographs, information for school groups, Beltaine fire festival. According to their web-counter, I was the first visitor to this site... Go and lend them your support! |
| Colchester Roman Society * Colchester Roman Society, Balkerne Gate Guard, recreates the equipment, training and lifestyles of the Roman military and civilians during the First and Second Centuries. Unit and general history, contact information. OK-looking site. Took ages to load. |
| End of the Roman Age * Reenactment and combat society, based in the UK, recreates a roving warband and its dependants during the Sixth Century. Events schedule, photo gallery, contact information. Good-looking site. Again, took ages to load. |
| Ermine Street Guard * Research into the Roman Army and the reconstruction of Roman armour and equipment, primarily from the latter half of the first century A.D. Activities, newsletter, photographs. D. Mark Sansom, 'The Ninth Legion Hispana: The evidence for its presence and campaigns in Britain.' A whole load of geezers! |
| Legio Secunda Augusta * Reenactment society based in Portsmouth, Hampshire recreates Roman Britain in its military and civilian aspects during the First and Second Centuries. Unit history, events schedule, contact information. Nice, simple site. An Ace Place! |
| Legio VIII Augusta MGV * "Roman Military and Civilian Living History Society" - Enthusiasts from Wales and the North of England who aim to authentically depict the civilian and military society of Roman Britain during the late 1st and early 2nd century A.D. Activities. A good-looking site which unfortunately uses frames, which I personally do not like. |
| Legio XX Twentieth Legion * Ancient Roman army and civilian life in the Britain in the First Century is reenacted for public events and educational outreach. Based in Washington, DC; general and contact information. An inoffensive enough site, but needs a little extra zest... or something. |
| Roman Military Research Society * Display unit: Vexillatio Legionis Geminae, based at Coventry, specializing in recreating Roman life during the latter part of the 1st century AD. Presents civilian and military living history displays throughout Britain. Activities. Looks allright to me! Group based at the Lunt fort at Bagington near Coventry. |
| The Antonine Guard: Legio VI Victrix * Re-enactment group concentrating on the period of Roman occupation of Scotland in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Activities, photographs. Simple navigation on this site makes it an Ace Place! |
| romanmap.com * A superb site containing many geographical resources on Roman Britain. WebMaster: j_t_ikins@email.msn.com |
| amazon.co.uk * If you want a book, go here. |
| yorkarchaeology.co.uk * YORK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST FOR EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH LTD Good enough I suppose! |
| journalofromanarch.com * "An international journal printing contributions in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish; specializing in synthetic articles and in long reviews." Groovy! |
| ad500.org.uk * Another place with groovy grafik intro. I couldn't get it to do much, tho' it looks promising enough. |
| TheBritishMuseum.ac.uk * Absolutely Superlative Site! |
| astarte.com.au * "Educational publishers specialising in History and Archaeology." Good-looking Aussie commercial site. Selling archaeological vids, books, etc. |
| athenapub.com * "Athena Review Journal of Archaeology, History, and Exploration" Ace! |
| chesham.org * NOT YET AVAILABLE! |
| oup.co.uk * "Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide." Brill! |
| romanbritain.org.uk * "ROMAN BRITAIN - By Guy de la Bédoyère" This Superb site, unfortunately plagued by advertising pop-ups, is full of Romano-British stuff, including the Essential Roman Inscriptions of Britain |
| battletours.co.uk * "Holts Tours - Battlefields & History" 25 year old company running tours of British battle sites. |
| stalbans.gov.uk * "The City and District of St Albans" Official WebSite. |
| batharchaeology.org.uk * The Bath Archaeological Trust Have some interesting looking publications on the ancient Roman spa town. |
| britarch.ac.uk * Council for British Archaeology - "The CBA works to promote the study and safeguarding of Britain's historic environment, to provide a forum for archaeological opinion, and to improve public interest in, and knowledge of, Britain's past." Wicked! Loads of archaeological reports on all periods of history. |
| asprom.org * ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY AND PRESERVATION OF ROMAN MOSAICS - "You will find a wide variety of materials relating to mosaics in Britain, including their design, construction, and the buildings in which they have been discovered. You will also find articles which will give an insight into the relationship between mosaics and art, architecture, religion and history. A catalogue of every Roman mosaic discovered in Britain. Some background notes on recording and reproducing Roman Mosaics." Nuff Said! |
| potsherd.uklinux.net * "A collection of pages on pottery and ceramics in archaeology, principally of the Roman period (1st cent. BC - 5th cent. AD) in Britain and western Europe." |
| theheritagetrail.co.uk * "Dedicated to the enlightenment of Britain's rich and diverse heritage." OK site. With sections on: Abbeys, Priories, Cathedrals, Castles, Stately Homes, Manor Houses, Notable Houses, The Early Ages, Roman Britain, Maritime, Piers, Industrial and 'Coming Soon'. |
| caerleon.net * "Caerleon was the site of one of Britain's three Roman Legionary Fortresses and many believe it to be the location of King Arthur's Camelot. In 830 AD Nennius listed Cair Lion as one of Britain's 33 cities. Nowadays it's a thriving village where past and present combine to delight both visitors and residents." Under the three main headings of Caerleon Past, Present and Future Events, this is without doubt, An Excellent Site! - WebMaster: merlin@caerleon.net |
| bazart.co.uk * ER... Sumthin's gon' 'rong 'ere! |
| verulamium.com * "John Byford is a member of the National Council for Metal Detecting (NCMD) so if you require advice on the recording of finds, information on the new Treasure Act or conservation please telephone 01754 768837 or e-mail: info@verulamium.com." |
| cumbria1st.com * Uncluttered commercial site with some good pics of the Cumbrian countryside, including Hardknott Fort. |
| chrisbutterworth.com * Loads of links collected by Chris on his well-organised site. |
| romanbritain.net * SITE NO LONGER AVAILABLE! |
| roman.org.uk * "Legio VIII Augusta MGV - Roman Military and Civilian Living History Society" They claim to be 'the Real Eighth Legion'. |
| salve.edu * Salve Regina University - Newport, Rhode Island Salve Comites! |
| colchester.gov.uk * Swish-looking official government website for the ancient Celtic capital of Britain. |
| vindolanda.net * Ace site using ShockWave graphics, or not; you choose! |
| piercebridge.com * "To view the 3D content you will need the CosmoPlayer plugin." 3D Wow! Technologically superior, very slick-looking site. |
| roman-empire.net * "Illustrated History of the Roman Empire" Looks good enough. Nothing much on Britain tho'. |
| geordiepride.demon.co.uk * "The website for geordie's everywhere." If you haven't seen a bottle of 'Newkie Brown' for yonks, go to this site and drool. |
"Roman" baby names page from Kabalarians. Includes:
Togodumnus baby-name Which gives a sort of Astrological breakdown attributed to anyone bearing the name Togodumnus. Complete Madness!