Simon Elliott

Dr Simon Elliott is an award winning and best selling historian, archaeologist, author, broadcaster, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent, Trustee of the Council for British Archaeology, Ambassador for Museum of London Archaeology, Guide Lecturer for Andante Travels and President of the Society of Ancients. He is also a PR Week Award winning, highly experienced communications practitioner who has advised a wide variety of clients at a senior level on their interaction with the world of the media and politics. He was previously an award winning journalist. He is the author of many books on the ancient world, including Sea Eagles of Empire (winner of the 2017 Military History Matters Book of the Year), Empire State: How the Roman Military Built an Empire, Septimius Severus in Scotland (an Amazon no 1 best seller), Julius Caesar: Rome's Greatest Warlord, Old Testament Warriors, Pertinax: The Son of a Slave Who became Roman Emperor, Romans at War and Roman Britain's Missing Legion (also an Amazon no 1 best seller).