It was decided by Adam Gutteridge and his interns working on the Roman Trail, that the best way for the daily lives of the dwellers of Eboracum to speak to present day audiences, was through composite figures from Roman times, such as the potter and the slave.  All the interns who volunteered  to perform these lines found it an ordeal, but an enjoyable one. Jon Calver worked patiently and with great humour on the podcast scripts with our researchers.   It is quite hard to lift out words from a page and deliver with the appropriate pace and intonation.