Natalie Haynes tells the stories of Claudia Severa and other Roman-British women, with guests Professor Llewelyn Morgan and archaeologist Dr Paul Roberts.

In this broadcast the classicist and comedian examines the stories of Boudicca rebel Queen of the Iceni, Cartimandua the Brigantian Queen who left her husband for his armour bearer, Regina of Arbeia, now South Shields known as ‘Queenie’, Curato Dynisia (Dionysies) and ‘Ivory Bangle Lady’ of York.

The Vindolanda and Bloomberg Tablets. rare texts which survived in waterlogged archaeological conditions reveal everyday insights into a lost world, including the first ever recorded mention of the placename London.