Rotten Romans
by Terry Deary (Author) Martin Brown (Illustrator)
When your teachers drone on about the Romans, I bet they don’t tell you how REALLY ROTTEN they were! In their enormous Empire, the ruthless Romans learned all about bossing people about… while inventing tons of terrible tortures for people who didn’t do what they said! So grab this book to read all about their beastly battles, gruesome gods and marvellous myths. And if you’re feeling really brave, you can also find out…
• What Roman soldiers wore under their kilts
• Why rich Romans needed a vomitorium
• How their deadly doctors were more likely to kill you than cure you
• How to tell the future using a dead chicken
It’s the real story of the rotten Romans… for those who can stomach it!
• What Roman soldiers wore under their kilts
• Why rich Romans needed a vomitorium
• How their deadly doctors were more likely to kill you than cure you
• How to tell the future using a dead chicken
It’s the real story of the rotten Romans… for those who can stomach it!
Horrible Histories (Original) Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: Horrible Histories (Original)Reading level: 8+
Books in series: 23
Read in order? No
Next release: Finished
Tags: historical illustrated non fiction comedy & humour boys culture
Print series book list
Books in series order
1. Awesome Egyptians (1993)2. Terrible Tudors (1993)
3. Blitzed Brits (1994)
4. Vicious Vikings (1994)
5. Vile Victorians (1994)
6. Groovy Greeks (1996)
7. Measly Middle Ages (1996)
8. Slimy Stuarts (1996)
9. Angry Aztecs (1997)
10. Awful Egyptians (1997)
11. Cut Throat Celts (1997)
12. Frightful First World War (1998)
13. Gorgeous Georgians (1998)
14. Terrifying Tudors (1998)
15. Rotten Romans (1999)
16. Savage Stone Age (1999)
17. Woeful Second World War (1999)
18. Incredible Incas (2000)
19. Smashing Saxons (2000)
20. Stormin' Normans (2001)
21. Barmy British Empire (2002)
22. Ruthless Romans (2003)
23. Villianous Victorians (2004)