Europe

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General History

The history of Paris: Romans, Renaissance and Revolution

Water colour image of Madrid, showing a building behind a water fountain

General History

The history of Madrid: from the Moors to modernity

Watercolour illustration of Lisbon, showing a street leading up towards a church

General History

The history of Lisbon: Portugal’s capital of exploration and commerce

Hitler and French Marshal Henri-Phillipe Petain

Second World War

Vichy France: your guide to the WW2 regime

A 1948 photograph of the House of Epidius Rufus in Pompeii. The structure had to be rebuilt after being damaged by Allied bombs during WWII (Photo by SuperStock/Alamy Stock Photo)

How were Pompeii and Herculaneum discovered?

An 18th-century artwork depicting the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius from across the Bay of Naples (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Pompeii A timeline of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

The via dell’Abbondanza while it was first being excavated (left) and how it looks a century later. The project was
one of the first major archaeological digs to be photographed in painstaking, step-by-step detail.

What can the streets of Pompeii reveal about daily life in ancient Rome?

Could the Nazis have built the world's first atomic bomb?

Second World War

The German Nuclear Weapons Program Could the Nazis have built the first atomic bomb?

A 19th-century depiction of the market of Pompeii

Pompeii What was life like before the eruption of Vesuvius?

A purported portrait of Elizabeth Báthory as a young woman

General Early Modern

Elizabeth Báthory: a 17th-century ‘serial killer’

A 17th-century engraving of the Mount Vesuvius eruption of AD 79, by Athanasius Kircher (Photo by Shawshots/Alamy Stock Photo)

Your ultimate guide to Pompeii, plus 8 fascinating facts about the ancient Roman city

A relief on Trajan's Column shows Roman troops crossing the Danube during the war against the Dacians. Victory was the framework upon which Pax Romana was built (Photo by akg-images/Erich Lessing)

The Pax Romana: how the Romans maintained peace at the point of a sword

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History's Greatest Cities Season 2

General History

History’s greatest cities: Warsaw . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History's Greatest Cities Season 2

General History

History’s greatest cities: Split . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Watercolour illustration of Athens

General History

The history of Athens: exploring the birthplace of democracy and philosophy