In my new book, War Lord, I have Alaric – the loveable rogue – infiltrate a Roman weapons factory ( fabrica ) and spy on the other slaves for a time. I’m not going to tell you why, that would ruin the story! But I will tell you a bit about the factories. So at its height the Roman army was potentially up to 450,000 men. That’s a hell of a lot of kit for the state to make and maintain. So how did they do it? The Roman Empire at its greatest extent There were two main ways. When the army was in...

I do love an Angus Donald book. His Outlaw series about Robin Hood is the gold standard for historical fiction, and his Last Beserker...

Been an age since Ben has written a Roman novel. His books are so deeply researched, his passion for the period always shining through...