British history. Historical events in the British Isles 1714-1901; not a work of prose.
Readers can lift the acetate overlays to reveal inner workings of a Roman public bath; look inside the structure of the great Colosseum, where gladiators and wild animals fought for the entertainment of the Roman crowds; visit the house of a wealthy Roman family; and, by contrast, see inside one of the crowded city "apartment blocks" where poorer Roman people lived.
It's 55 BC/BCE. The British Isles have been home to the Celts for hundreds of years. Now, an ambitious Roman general named Julius Caesar plans to change all that. Will the Celts be able to defend their homeland?