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Sewer systems, underfloor heating, cement buildings: Roman inventions are standard modern-day technologies. A new exhibition celebrates the legacy of such ancient ingenuity.
I have spent an awful lot of time in Roman sewers – enough to earn me the nickname Queen of Latrines from my friends.
Bron Sibree chats to Lindsey Davis about the latest book in her lighthearted and witty Flavia Albia detective series.
Robert Macfarlane spent a decade exploring caves, mines, catacombs and sewers, on a quest to discover the deep underground. He found a subterranean world of wonder and horror.
Who were the Romans? How did they understand themselves as a people and 'Roman' as an identity? And what were the implications of that understanding - and perhaps more importantly the underlying reality - for Roman society and the success of the Roman Empire? This is the first part of a series looking at these…