Emma Southen's here.

Her new book is A Rome of One's Own, the forgotten women of the Roman Empire.

We've spent time with Julia getting even with Augustus, but now the empire in the first AD is the product of Augustus's strong-mindedness.

I'll be fair-minded here.

And he's succeeded by Tiberius and Claudius, and we all know Caligula, and then Nero,

and then Nero commits suicide in a strange fashion.

And it passes on to the Flavians.

And what we're looking at here is that first century, not in Rome, not even on

the continent, but in Britain. Roman Britain was about as far as you could get from the center,

and yet there was success. Claudius conquers it. There are cities built up. Lundinium is the one

we know as London, Colchester and others.

But there are Roman tribes that the English students I've met are very proud of.

And there are two in particular, the Burganties and the Isanai.

The Issa and I are close into London.

The Burganties are in the north.

I don't know my geography that well, but I do know

that the Brigantes are major importance, and they're led by Cartamandua, whom you've not heard of.

You've heard of the other one, Budica. So let us start with the Cartamandia, because she as a queen of the Brigantes

that the Romans are not to be defeated, they're to be pleased.

And is that a popular opinion when she picks it up?

Is she alone of all the tribes leaders?

Is she the one who understands that you can deal with the Romans?

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