The Romans were knocking about in Britain for 465 years, which is about 20% of recorded British history. It's also a period that most people don't know much about, beyond Hadrian's Wall being a thing. And what a thing it is.

Let's solve that now with a chronological story of the era. Plus get a bit of context on the family killing, wall building, empire expanding, lunatics that the Romans were, with chapters on the Roman Empire.

For an added bonus, particularly for anyone with a terrible attention span, we have also thrown in chapters on other things going on around the world at the time. It turns out that things happen that are unrelated to this rainy little island.

Who knew?

You really don't want to miss out on:

• • the worst marriage in British history
  • two dead emperors in Yorkshire
  • nifty Nok statues
  • more walls than you are expecting.

'I Came, I Read, I Learnt' - Julius Caesar

'So good I forgot I left the oven on' - Nero