Black British history has been marginalised for far too long, argues Angelina Osborne, co-author of the book 100 Great Black Britons. Below, Angelina celebrates black people’s contribution to the nation’s past and profiles seven pioneers whose stories deserve a wider audience.
The captivating tale of the rise and fall of the Severan Dynasty, is a short lived yet shocking story of power, ambition and turmoil that shaped the Roman Empire.
Septimius Security was inspired by the Roman emperor Lucius Septimius Severus who was born in Leptis Magna of the Roman province of Africa, a city in what is now Libya.