Rome kept its best rooms behind walls, which is exactly what flaps were made for. Turn the pages of this See Inside book and the ancient city opens: visit the Roman Forum, stroll the streets, attend a party in a villa, spend a day at the Roman baths and watch gladiators in action at the Colosseum, with flaps animating the action and revealing the details every scene is hiding.

The series formula is that the fun never costs the facts. These scenes are carefully researched and meticulously illustrated, so the child giggling at what is under a bath house flap is quietly learning how one actually worked. David Hancock and Barry Ablett give the city its color and crowds, and Katie Daynes keeps the text friendly and exact.

Sixteen sturdy board pages for readers aged six and up. The natural shelf mate to See Inside the Ancient World and See Inside Castles, both also at Stellar Luxe, when the timeline runs from legions to knights.