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.
345 Result(s)
Title: Histories of the Unexpected: The Romans
Author: Sam Willis, James Daybell
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Year: 2020
Intended age group: 8+
Title: History Beneath Your Feet: Ancient Rome
Author: Sean Sheehan
Publisher: Heinemann/Raintree
Year: 1999
Intended age group: 9-12
Title: History Spies: Escape from Vesuvius
Author: Jo Foster
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Year: 2011
Intended age group: 9-12
Title: Horrible Handbook Horrible Histories Movie: Rotten Romans
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic
Year: 2019
Intended age group: 8-12
Title: Horrible Histories: Rotten Romans
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic
Year: 2021
Intended age group: 8-12
Title: How to Be a Roman in 21 Easy Steps
Author: Scoular Anderson
Publisher: Collins Educational
Year: 2008
Intended age group: 8+
Title: How to Drive a Roman Chariot
Author: Caryk Hart, Ed Haves
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Year: 2020
Intended age group: 2+
Title: How to Drive a Roman Chariot
Author: Caryk Hart, Ed Haves
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Year: 2020
Intended age group: 2+
Title: I am Spartapuss. A Spartapuss Tale
Author: Robin Price
Publisher: Mogzilla
Year: 2006
Intended age group: 9-12
Title: I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas:
Author: Fiona MacDonald
Publisher: Macmillan/Kingfisher
Year: 2012
Intended age group: 5-8
Title: Imperial Exits
Author: Chris Scarre, Martin Rowson
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Year: 1995
Intended age group: 12-15
Title: Imperial Exits
Author: Chris Scarre, Martin Rowson
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Year: 1995
Intended age group: 12-15
Title: In the Shadow of Heroes
Author: Nicholas Bowling
Publisher: Chicken House Books
Year: 2019
Intended age group: 10-12
Title: Inside History: Ancient Rome
Author: Julia Bruce
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Year: 2008
Intended age group: 5-11
Title: Into the Lion's Den (Black Cats)
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: A&C Black Children's
Year: 2002
Intended age group: 5-11
Title: It's all about... Remarkable Romans
Author: Editors of Kingfisher
Publisher: Macmillan/Kingfisher
Year: 2017
Intended age group: 5-9
Title: Julius Caesar
Author: Rachel Firth
Publisher: Usborne
Year: 2007
Intended age group: 5-11
Title: Julius Caesar
Author: Graham Tingay
Publisher: Cambridge
Year: 1991
Intended age group: 11-14
Title: Julius Zebra: Grapple with the Greeks!
Author: Gary Northfield
Publisher: Walker Books
Year: 2019
Intended age group: 7-10
Title: Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans
Author: Gary Northfield
Publisher: Walker Books
Year: 2015
Intended age group: 10-7
Title: Kingfisher Readers L3: Ancient Rome
Author: Philip Steele
Publisher: Macmillan/Kingfisher
Year: 2012
Intended age group: 5-8
Title: Ladybird histories: Romans
Author: Simon Adams
Publisher: Ladybird Books
/Penguin
Year: 2014
Intended age group: 7-9
Title: Ladybird Histories: Romans
Author: Ladybird
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2014
Intended age group: 7-9
Title: Legacies from Ancient Rome
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher: Belitha Press
Year: 1999
Intended age group: 8-12
Title: Legions of the Eagle
Author: Henry Treece
Publisher: Bodley Head
Year: 1954
Intended age group: 9+
Title: Life and Times in Ancient Rome
Author: Andrew Charman
Publisher: Macmillan/Kingfisher
Year: 2007
Intended age group: 6-10
Title: Life in Ancient Rome (Kingfisher Knowledge)
Author: Simon Adams
Publisher: Macmillan/Kingfisher
Year: 2005
Intended age group: 10-14
Title: Look Inside a Roman Town
Author: Conrad Mason
Publisher: Usborne
Year: 2012
Intended age group: 4+
Title: Looking at History, Britain from Cavemen to the Present Day
Author: R. J. Unstead
Publisher: A & C Black
Year: 1955
Intended age group: 12+
Title: Loony Look at Roman Britain
Author: Peter Betts
Publisher: Timeline.co.uk
Year: 2004
Intended age group: 6+