Synopsis
Using years of BBC history archive film, Alice Roberts investigates how the domination of the Romans has been represented in film and television.
- Programme: A Timewatch Guide
- Series: 1
- Episode: Roman Britain
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2015
- History
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