Roman Britain is still throwing up secrets - and confounding our expectations | Charlotte Higgins

The discovery of a splendid mosaic in a villa buried under farmland is a thrilling find that sets the imagination racing Walking the local landscape was a feature of many lives during the lockdowns in Britain last year. Not everyone discovered a ravishing Roman mosaic while rambling across the family farm, but Jim Irvine did. He contacted archaeologists at Leicestershire county council. That led to an excavation with the University of Leicester and the discovery of a third- to fourth-century vil...