During the Roman Empire’s reign in Britain, which lasted from 43 to around 411 C.E., villas weren’t only dwellings; they were “small administrative centers,” Giarelli tells CNN.

Most of the Roman villas found by archaeologists are in the south of England. The governor of Britain had a palace in London. Another palace was beside the sea, at Fishbourne (near Chichester in ...

Soon after, Lord Eldon made the villa a feature of his estate by appending ... class who had managed to maintain power and status under the Roman system or a senior bureaucrat born outside Britain.

The "intricate" mosaic was found at the site of a new Aldi supermarket in the town near Milton Keynes Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe are the remains of a Roman villa and bath ...