What the Romans did for us

Philip Wilkinson

Based on the BBC2 series. A good book - well written although one did feel a bit spoonfed. Provided lots of information about the Romans in Britain, not just the roads, but aquaducts, central heating etc. Most of the Romans‘ ideas and innovations were in fact purloined from the Greeks. David saw the Romans as the marketing men backed by a rather large army. They were in the UK for 400 years and left behind them a native prosperous merchant class as well as all their ideas.
David 03/06/01

Roman history brought alive but in a rather patronising way with everything being told to you twice over as per a TV script. Very interesting on the subject of the technology of the times and the way that the Romans used it.
Rory 23/09/01

The frames have gone all funny - click to make it good.