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Books interview with Mary Beard

17 unmissable battles podcasts

A 1985 production of 'Julius Caesar'. For all their despotism, Romans thanked their first three emperors for delivering them from the curse of civil war. (Photo by Jean-Jacques BERNIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

The glorious Caesars

Black and white image depicting engraving of Julius Caesar.

Q&AWhat is the earliest evidence for a battle in Britain?

Vulcan caught Venus and Mars in a net and shows them to the laughing Gods. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

Religion in ancient Rome: what did they believe?

Life of the Week: Romulus Augustus

Roman emperors and women through the ages

Pearly queens

Q&AWhy does Britain have so many accents?

Showering, teeth brushing and donning underwear: the strange history of our daily routine

A portrait of Elizabeth I.

The enchanting history of charisma

Ancient cities and the Norman conquest

What was the werewolf myth in Ancient Rome?

Photo of ancient public toilets

General ancient history

Q&AHow old is the toilet seat?

Photo of Roman coins

Q&ADid Roman Britain have its own emperor?

A Roman galley warship

Q&AHow did a crow help Rome defeat Carthage?

A relief portrays patrons of a Roman tavern. (Photo By DEA / A. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

The dangerous streets of ancient Rome

Magna Carta, the Roman Republic and the Enlightenment: 11 historical concepts explained in minutes

Hadrian's Wall

Welcome to Britannia: Roman Britain in AD 130

Plovdiv's old town

My favourite place: Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Banquet at a wealthy home in ancient Rome. (Photo by North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy)

Dormice, ostrich meat and fresh fish: the surprising foods eaten in ancient Rome

From loincloths to corsets: a brief history of underwear with Horrible Histories’ Greg Jenner

Bathhouse

Waking up with Plato: the history of our morning routine

My favourite place: Miles Russell

Roman wallpainting of a dinner party, Pompeii, Italy. (Photo by Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy)

What did people eat in Ancient Rome?

8 facts about Old Sarum – an Iron Age fort, Roman settlement and medieval city

Pliny the Elder depicted in a mid-12th century miniature, writing and giving his book to Roman emperor Vespasian. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)

My history heroPliny the Elder (AD 23–79)

Photo of a salt cellar

Q&AWho do we say 'with a pinch of salt'?

Bust of Emperor Alexander Severus

The LibraryAncient Rome in crisis

5 facts about Caligula

A detail of a fresco of Hannibal riding his elephant. It is estimated he took as many as 40 elephants when he marched an army across the Alps and into northern Italy. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)

Q&AHow many elephants did Hannibal take over the Alps?