In 2009, Bournemouth University established the Durotriges Project, a programme of archaeological fieldwork designed to further investigate the nature of the native cultural footprint and objectively ...

The Roman empire banned pants because they were seen to be a symbol of barbarism with many conquered tribes having worn them. Credit: failing_angel. CC BY 2.0/ flickr Togas and tunics were the fashion ...

The closest parallels in fact are known from the region of the France/Belgium border in the territories of the Nervii, Atrebates, Morini and Menapii. Large excavations of cemeteries, such as at Bavay ...

Silchester, initially established by an offshoot of the Atrebates tribe from northern France, flourished as an Iron Age town.

The Atrebates occupied the northern part of what is today Berkshire, Hampshire, and Sussex. Their main center was at Calleva, what is today Silchester. There is much conjecture surrounding Esunertos.

The Romans arrived in Britain in 43 AD and eventually, Silchester (a settlement occupied by the Atrebates, a Belgic Iron Age tribe), became the principal town of the area with a forum, basilica, arena ...

Originally, it was the centre of the Iron Age kingdom of the Atrebates tribe - it wasn't until the 6th of 7th century until it was abandoned. BCA Zoo ...

The three blocks of warband close up and can be activated in pairs when there is a supporting base in position. The light cavalry on the left advanced to the woods. The Romans open up into a line of ...

Painting the warbands is a similar process to the Romans but with a broader range of colours. First we take a series of similar colours and paint them in blobs on the miniatures. This is one set which ...

Calleva Atrebates, as Silchester was known, had been settled much earlier by tribes from the Low Countries, but clearly suited the Romans who built a fine town, as many who have followed Reading ...