Maryport's eighth annual Roman festival was a 2,000-year-old history lesson worth waiting for.

The Senhouse Roman Museum has held the festival since 2008 and this year's two-day event attracted hundreds of people to the site.

Last Saturday was a chance for visitors to meet their ancestors by interacting with stern Roman and native warriors and storyteller Hetti the Carvetti, learning about how Roman people differed from today's public.

Sunday allowed people to explore the excavation site at Camp Farm with guided tours and try their hand at potting, jewellery and other aspects of daily life in Roman Britain.

People could also meet and find out about the Maryport branch of the Young Archaeologists' Club over the weekend.

Jane Laskey, museum manager, said: "It went very well, we had double the amount of people through the doors as we would usually expect.

"We had at least 100 people every day and a mixture of both local and national visitors.

"It's not just about the numbers, it's how long people stayed.

"People really engaged with what they were doing, some were here all day.

"The festival has become more intense with each year, we've packed more into the programme.

"We do use our collection as inspiration of course but we're looking at Roman and native life in general."