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Victorian education and school | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture.

Connie Nielsen as Lucilla in Gladiator 2

Was Lucilla from Gladiator real? What her tragically short life tells us about women in ancient Rome

Week three quiz: education and school in Victorian Britain.

Æthelred the Unready: life of the week.

Schools of hard knocks: Georgian and Victorian public schools.

The school for girls imprisoned at Tothill Fields in the late 1850s. A dedicated schoolmistress was employed to teach that institution’s large female population; in other prisons, the matron took lessons. (Engraving from Chronicle, via Alamy)

Reading, writing and retribution: inside Victorian prison schools.

The Shaftesbury Welcome Ragged School in Battersea , 1899. Classes of 40 were not rare, and they could stretch to 80 during staff shortages. (Photo by Mary Evans)

Class warfare: a day in the life of a Victorian schoolchild.

Pigs in the medieval city.

The golden age of the country house.

What was Mary Tudor and Thomas Cromwell's relationship – did they plan to marry?

Victorian schools: everything you wanted to know.

Paul Mescal as Lucius in Gladiator II

Sharks in the arena? Gladiator II's real history and historical accuracy explained

Engraving of Roman emperor Macrinus and Denzel Washington as Macrinus in Gladiator II

The real Macrinus: how Gladiator II’s power broker became a short-lived Roman emperor

Caracalla and Geta: the real lives of the mad emperors of Gladiator II

Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator

Was Maximus Decimus Meridius real? These five historical figures inspired Gladiator’s hero

Video podcastMedieval make do and mend.

Cicero denounces plot organised by Catiline to take the power, mural painting by Cesare Maccari.

The ultimate Romans quiz.

Nelson: a life of heroism and scandal.

HistoryExtra AcademyLife in Victorian Britain, with Ruth Goodman.

Gladiators do battle in a c320 AD mosaic, housed in the Borghese Gallery in Rome

Blood, guts and spectacle: 6 shocking events from the history of ancient Roman gladiators.

Medieval make do and mend.

Part twoLeisure: how did people spend their free time in the 19th century?.

Part oneDaily life: how did people live in the 19th century?.

A portrait of Anne Boleyn

Why did Henry VIII send Anne Boleyn to the block?

Gladiators and the colosseum

QuizWhat gladiator would you be?

Thomas Cromwell: the triumph and tragedy of Henry VIII's right-hand man.

Joseph McCarthy: life of the week.

Visitors promenade alongside a lake with Surrey Zoological Gardens in the background, 1844 (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Victorian zoosAnimal attraction in the 19th century.

Manchester dog show, c1909

The surprising history of Victorian dog shows.

Victorian leisure | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture.