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A marble bust of the Emperor Hadrian who ruled from AD 117 to 138

Hadrian's travels.

A group of five marble busts of typical early Roman citizens. The empire expanded by absorbing the peoples it defeated, giving rights and obligations to former outsiders. (Photo by Gjon Mili/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Mary Beard on why Rome ruled the world.

Roman garden at the House of the Golden Cupids, Pompeii. (Linda Farrar)

A guide to ancient gardening.

A portrait of Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty which ruled over much of India from 1526 to 1858. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

How people make the past.

Roman women on a fresco from Pompeii

Q&ACould women in Ancient Rome hold any power?.

A global view of history.

Photo of a statue of Boudicca

Q&AIs Boudica buried at Platform 9¾?

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: an interview about her new BBC series

Ancient Rome special.

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.