Simon Roper: the 23-year-old reconstructing the past for millions of online viewers
Using his YouTube channel to bring old languages back to life, Roper is emerging as a new kind of digital historian.
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Kate Mossman
Kate Mossman is a senior writer at the New Statesman.
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