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Literature

This section contains fiction and non-fiction items published between 1945 and 2024.  It does not include activity books and colouring books, which may be found in the leisure section.

For each entry, details of author, publisher, date of publication, type of work (picture book, YA novel etc.),and, where available, intended age group are included.

Where target age is not clear, decisions have been made according to our own estimations.  Entries also are tagged according to subject matter, such as ‘gladiators’, ‘slavery’, ‘Boudicca’, ‘Roman Britain’ etc., and searches may be conducted by any of these elements.

Title: 100 Things You Should Know About Ancient Rome

Author: Fiona Macdonald, Richard Tames (consultant) Publisher: Miles Kelly Year: 2004 Genre: Non-fiction Intended age group: 7-11
Tags: Roman Britain, Army, Legacy, Slavery, Religion, Buildings-Roads, Empire, Augustus, Childhood, Daily Life, Gladiators, Julius Caesar

Description: The book includes 100 numbered facts on ancient Roman lives accompanied by many illustrations. In each chapter, there are small sections titled "I don't believe it," which provide further fun anecdotes and facts, for example, on Roman actors or gladiators.