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    Appia Antica (The Appian Way), Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe. (Getty)
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    Invention or adaptation: what did the Romans really do for us?

    Portchester Castle in Hampshire was intended as a coastal defence against raiders. (Photo by Getty Images)
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    The collapse of Roman Britain: what happened, plus 9 places which tell us more

    Augustus Caesar was named named as the principal heir of Julius Caesar. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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    A fresco from the Villa of the Vettii in Pompeii. Painted before the catastrophic eruption of Versuvius, these frescoes were uncovered from beneath layers of volcanic ash and pumice. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)
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    A brief guide to Pompeii, plus 8 fascinating facts about the ancient Roman city

    Despite popular misconception, Gladiatorial fighting was not the most popular entertainment in Ancient Rome. (Photo by Alamy)
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    A brief guide to ancient Rome and the Romans, plus 9 fascinating facts

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    The death of Caesar: do we know the whole story?

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    The 8 bloodiest Roman emperors in history

    Boudica and her daughters stand aloft in a bronze chariot in this statue located on the Thames embankment in London.
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    Boudica: scourge of the Roman empire

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    A brief history of Hadrian’s Wall

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    6 things you (probably) didn’t know about animals in ancient Rome

    Toilette of a Roman Lady. Found in the collection of Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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    What did they wear in Ancient Rome?

    Mosaic in the Roman villa of Casale, near Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy, showing women exercising. (Photo by Peter Thompson/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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    7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Roman women

    Bronze statue of a she-wolf suckling twin brothers Romulus and Remus, the main characters of Rome's foundation myth. (Photo By DEA/G NIMATALLAH/De Agostini/Getty Images)
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    10 key Roman dates you need to know

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    Elections in the late Roman Republic: how did they work?

    A Pompeii mural depicting a slave, in the Naples Museum. (Photo by Sites & Photos/Capture Ltd/ Alamy Stock Photo)
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    In Ancient Rome, what was the law of the twelve tables?

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