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Book Review of The Rotten Romans (Horrible Histories)

The Rotten Romans (Horrible Histories)
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"History with the nasty parts left in!

The Rotton Romans follows life for folks in Roman Britain from Nasty Nero and other awful emperors, to Brave Boudicca and the poor old peasants, who tried to send the Romans right back where they came from.

Want to know:
~what Roman soldiers wore under their kilts?
~how Ancient Britons got their hair nice and spikey?
~Why rich Romans needed a vomitorium?

Read on to find some terrible tactics of the rotten Roman army, clever ideas of the cut-throat Celts, gory games, rotten recipes, and loads of frightening facts. History has never been so horrible!