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Illustration of Spartacus, the escaped gladiator who became a leader in the Third Servile War, and his comrades using vines to abseil down the slopes of Mount Vesuvius in preparation of a surprise attack.

The Servile Wars: Spartacus & the rebellions that threatened the Roman Republic

Big questions of the Crimean War: the build up. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Grand Pyramid and plaza at the maya city of Tikal, in modern-day Guatemala

Tikal in 7 artefacts: explore the metropolis of the Maya. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A time of change: a history of our understanding of the menopause. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Georgian Bank of England: a day in the life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 16th-century painting, Triumph of Death, by Jan Brueghel the Elder depicts an army of skeletons ravaging the Earth (Photo by akg-images)

6 moments when diseases drastically altered human history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How germs shaped human history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Japanese soldiers and sailors disembark at Vladivostok, 22 August 1918. Of all the foreign interventions into the Russian civil war, the one from Japan was by far the largest, growing to 70,000 troops. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Britain’s Russian fiasco: Allied intervention in the Russian civil war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jai Singh II (third from left) built astronomical observatories across northern India in the 18th century, incorporating knowledge he’d sourced everywhere from China to Portugal (Photo by Dinodia Photos/Alamy Stock Photo)

Why the scientific revolution was far from just a European phenomenon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Salon Kitty: sex & spying in Nazi Germany. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Luddites: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mathematician and Bletchley Park codebreaker Alan Turing played a key role in deciphering the Enigma code (Photo by Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo)

What if...The Enigma code had not been cracked by Alan Turing and Bletchley Park?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women on the front line, from forgotten commanders to cross-dressing soldiers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Windrush at 75Why is arrival of Windrush such a key milestone?

A photograph taken during the filming of an ITV documentary to mark the 400th anniversary of the 1605 gunpowder plot. Justin is pictured on the left, with his camera

My life in historyJustin Pollard, historical consultant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of men reading the news aboard the HMT Empire Windrush on arrival at Tilbury in Essex, 22nd June 1948.

The forgotten history of Windrush. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Before Windrush: Britain’s long relationship with the Caribbean. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cornwall: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The temple of Kukulcán at Chichén Itzá

General ancient history

Your guide to ancient Maya: from the writing system to the truth about ‘human sacrifice’

An EID MAR coin showing two daggers and a helmet

The coin that celebrates Caesar's murder

A painting by Vincenzo Camuccini depicting the death of Julius Caesar in the Roman Senate. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

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

A 1930s depiction of a Norman hunt. The invasion of William the Conqueror in 1066 marked the beginning of England’s Royal Forest (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Charter of the Forest: your guide to the 13th-century law

Franco’s Spain: paranoia, conspiracy & antisemitism. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

QuizHow much do you know about the Civil War?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cromwell depicted with Major-General John Lambert

What if...Oliver Cromwell’s son had never been named Lord Protector?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Guitarist David Crosby of the Byrds performs with his band in front of a large crowd at the Magic Mountain Music Festival on Mount Tamalpais, June 1967. (Image by © Henry Diltz/Corbis)

General History

From Ancient Greece to Glastonbury: a brief history of music festivals

Athénaïs de Montespan, one of the official mistresses of Louis XIV, was a suspect in a scandalous plot to murder the French king (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The Affair of the Poisons: who plotted to kill King Louis XIV?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Juneteenth celebrations, also known as Emancipation Day, in Texas, 1900

JuneteenthWhat is it, historians on its relevance, and 9 articles you should read

Danny Robin's paranormal cold casesA Walthamstow folk demon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroSir Keir Starmer chooses Eleanor Roosevelt