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What have the Romans ever done for us?
They have provided the lazy inspiration for countless hours of low effort BBC documentaries.
Walking Roman Roads with Dan Jones. About Roman roads in the England. I thought it might be a little interesting. First he didn't walk it , he drove in a Range Rover, he said on account of the weather. He could have used a cart instead. ๐ Then he visited every tiny museum along the way and looked at the easy stuff like swords.
Imagine how different it could have been. Dan could have suited up like a centurion with a 30 kg back pack and walked it like a Roman. Could have eaten Roman food. Talked about all the people of Roman times who used the roads, could have even "met" some re-enactors on the way to St Ives.
0.5 hobbits , he didn't even meet up with a Druid wizard on the way to Wales, which he could have. ( caveat, I fell asleep for two episodes )
Special credit for the Lego model of a Roman Inn at one of the museums.
You'll have to read Mary Beard's books on ancient Rome for some well researched and written history
I'm old, I've read all the stuff, I even went to Rome with an atique atlas and saw the places
travellers tip, antique atlases are not good guides to modern cities