Remains of a civic basilica give archaeologists clues to what the original layout of Roman London looked like.

The 2,000-year-old basilica was “once the beating heart of Roman London,” the Museum of London Archaeology said.

An office building from the 1930s in London was about to be demolished — until remnants of the city’s first Roman basilica ...

Post-1945, Britain quickly relinquished its status as the world's largest imperial power, but it was the massive cultural and social changes at home that truly transformed British society.

Before the arrival of the Romans, Britain was home to a wide array of sophisticated and thriving cultures.