Roman London during the reign of Hadrian, c125 AD. Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images

What have the Romans ever done for us?

Apart from the aqueducts, sanitation, roads, irrigation, medicine, education, wine, public baths and town planning

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In our latest episode on the history of English towns, Jeremy Black joins Graham Stewart to discuss their birth, development and decline in the Roman and Dark Ages.

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