title: Roman Britain: A New History
author: Guy de la Bedoyere
description: <b>Guy de la Bdoyre</b> is the author of numerous books on Roman Britain and is a frequent contributor to British television programs on archaeology and popular history.
zlib_text: MAGAZINE
  BRITAIN’S BESTSELLING HISTORY MAGAZINE
  January 2018 • www.historyextra.com
  CHURCHILL’S DARKEST HOUR 
  PLUS
  Henrietta Maria: 
  Charles I’s 
  warrior queen
  Medieval sex cures  
  From ants’ eggs to  
  weasels’ testicles
  The scandalous life of  
  Frankenstein’s creator
  When  
  Spanish  
  ﬂu hit  
  Britain
  CAESAR’S 
  BRITISH 
  GAMBLE
  Why the Roman leader 
  risked everything on  
  a disastrous invasion
  Nefertiti: Ancient Egypt’s 
  greatest queen?
  
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