Many of us will know John Manley through his book, "A.D. 43", published by Tempus in 2002, which was the first to give serious consideration to the archaeological evidence for the Roman invasion of Britain having taken place via alternative routes (as opposed to the traditional view of Richborough in Kent as the main landing-place) John   has just finished a short book on the Romans and thinks he can say something useful  on "How Roman was Roman Britain" as a kind of intro to our conference theme for 2014. It should be fun because John is a good speaker and it may give us some extra ideas for May 2014.