WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE AN ANCIENT ROMAN (BAR STOKE) (PB)

Who were the Romans and how did this small tribe create the largest empire the world had ever seen? Why were they such brilliant innovators, creating newspapers, concrete, surgeon’s tools and even an efficient postal system? What made their army invincible and their buildings so remarkable? And why, eventually, did the whole empire come crashing down? This book explains what life was actually like for Romans at all levels of society, and looks at the lingering influence of Roman civilisation throughout the world.