by Helen Kain | Jan 24, 2025 | Early Middle Ages (410-1066), Historical Periods
Britain in 410 was a well-integrated, Latin-speaking Romano-British society. But trouble was brewing—Saxons and Picts were stepping up their invasions along the East Coast, and local leaders sent a plea for help to Emperor Honorius in Italy. But Rome was struggling...
by Helen Kain | Jan 24, 2025 | Historical Periods, Prehistoric Britain to the Romans (3000 BC – 410 AD)
Stonehenge, which predates the Egyptian pyramids, is Britain’s earliest known work of architecture if we consider architecture to imbue a structure with purpose and meaning rather than merely being functional. Its builders, skilled in wood joinery, adapted their...