Painting of a European marketplace

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John of Gaunt shown in a c16th-century portrait

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A black-and-white image shows King George V inspecting soldiers

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Historian Dennis Duncan guides us through singular stories from the history of the book index

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Boats clash at sea in this illustration of the 480 BC battle of Salamis, fought between a Persian army led by King Xerxes I and the Greek army led by Themistocles

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Salamis, 480 BC: a horror at sea for the Persian empire

Dr Benjamin Pohl explores the role of monks and abbots in the Middle Ages, and asks: why did they write histories?

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An image of Hippocrates from the 14th century, sitting and holding a book open in front of him

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Hippocrates and humours: medicine in ancient Greece

The Green Knight shows his severed – and still talking – head to King Arthur in this illustration of the beginning of the 14th century legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Perceval meets the Fisher King in an illustration for Chrétien de Troyes’ 12th-century Perceval, The Story of the Grail

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Adolf Hitler stands with his back to a statue of Discobolos, the Discus Thrower

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The Spartan king Leonidas at the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. The conflict has become the archetype for the courageous last stand, pitting around 200,000 Persians against 7,000 Spartans.

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Your guide to the battle of Thermopylae

A depiction of a Spartan mother saying goodbye to her son, she is seated as he leaves

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Women in ancient Greece: what were their lives like?

A modern illustration shows prisoners of war being sold into slavery

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Slavery in ancient Greece: what was life like for enslaved people?

An ancient Greek vase depicting sexual intercourse

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A brief history of sex and sexuality in Ancient Greece

A stone bust of the Greek god Dionysius

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The gods and their whims: your guide to ancient Greek religion

A trieme is rowed towards a naval battle in a scene depicting the battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC

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The ancient Greeks at war: hoplites, the phalanx and the greatest battles

Ancient Greek statesman Solon sits on a throne, with a subject petitioning him

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A stone statue of Achilles

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An ancient Greek vase depicts animal sacrifice of a cow by two women

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Politicians in suits discuss the Paris Peace Treaty inside the Palace of Versailles

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Empress Maria Theresa, a portrait

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A portrait of a member of the Borgias family

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Two Hitler Youth who have surrendered to Allied Forces, Germany, 1945. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Innocence under fire: how children were used in warfare of the past

Historian Bettany Hughes in front of the Rock of Gibraltar

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Illustration showing the traders who made a fortune during the wake of the Black Death

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Soldiers disembark a landing craft with a battle on the beach beyond

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Illustration of German Dominican preacher Johann Tetzel selling indulgences inside a church

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