Warm gladiator blood was used as medicine : the fact or fiction behind Romans

True or false?The Roman Empire was run by 40,000 menJulius Caesar was murdered at a bus stopA Roman soldier's best friend was his muleThe Romans used spider webs as plastersThis book explores the facts, the half-truths and the downright lies about one of history's most incredible, and infamous, empires.

It examines evil emperors, awesome armies and gruesome gladiators, and separates the fact from the fiction behind the remarkable Romans. The Truth or Busted series explores the fact or fiction behind stuff you THINK you know in a tongue-in-cheek, humorous way that kids will find unputdownable!