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c1900: Relief depicting Roman officials and praetorians.

Q&A Did Roman men dodge their military service?

American athlete Jesse Owens and German long-jumper Carl Ludwig 'Luz' Long.

5 acts of kindness that changed history

The police attempt to quell the crowd, and succeed only in inciting more violence. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

The Stonewall Riots: the flashpoint that launched the gay rights movement in the US

Day of the God, painted by Paul Gaugin. (Image by Alamy)

A year in pictures: 1894

The execution of Charles I in 1649.

To kill a king: 350 years of regicide

New York City police watching agents pour liquor into a sewer

Wet vs Dry: how prohibition fractured America

David Bowie and Twiggy

David Bowie’s life in pictures

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie in profile: facts about her life

American actresses Frances Dee, Jean Parker, Katharine Hepburn, and Joan Bennett playing the March girls in George Cukor's film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women', 1933. (Photo by RKO Pictures/Courtesy of Getty Images)

“Fresh and full of soul”: the history of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women

Olivia Colman plays Elizabeth II

Netflix’s The Crown: the real history behind the series

(Illustration by Davide Bonazzi)

Who is the greatest leader in world history?

History Advent Calendar 2019

Advent calendar 2019: 24 facts about Christmas through history

Charles and Camilla, 1979

Prince Charles and Camilla: a history of their romance

The 1969 documentary was made amid a feeling that there was an increasing awareness of a need to ‘sell’ the monarchy to the people, writes historian Sarah Gristwood. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

‘Royal Family’: the fly-on-the-wall documentary the Palace doesn’t want you to see

Roman toilet

Tales of the toilet: a historical A–Z