Author Description

A straightforward, simple narrative on Roman technology (how the Romans understood the natural forces such as wind, sun, rain and the natural laws like gravity and how they applied what they knew to solving practical problems as in engineering, construction and warfare); and Roman craftsmen (tanners, weavers, dyers, jewellers, glassworkers, interior decorators, wall painters, miners, smiths, bronze-workers, potters whom the Roman people relied on to provide them with things they couldn't easily make themselves). At the end of each chapter the sections "Questions" and "Things to Do" further students' knowledge and interest.