A university professor will deliver a guided tour of the ancient Roman town of Silchester as part of a trio of talks. Starting on Saturday, March 15 at Reading Museum, the presentations will explore ...

The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse. A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than ...

The findings upend previous notions that the city was an ancient Roman backwater, but a thriving town adapting to challenges it encountered for nearly a millennium. The town’s size did not peak ...

Like its more famous neighbor, Pompeii, this ancient Roman town was destroyed when Vesuvius erupted in the year 79 AD. Whereas in Pompeii the streets were buried under more than a dozen feet of ...

An archaeologist is set to deliver a guided tour of the ancient Roman town of Silchester. A University of Reading professor will deliver a series of talks to share insights into the history of the ...