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Augustus Caesar, first Roman Emperor.

Everything you wanted to know about the Roman emperors

A painting of Hannibal leading his men into Italy in 218 BC, seated on top a war elephant (Photo by Peter Horree / Alamy Stock Photo)

What if...Hannibal had taken Rome?

Mavia of Tanukh, illustration by Lynn Hatzius

Mavia Of TanukhWarrior queen of Arabia

Alexander the Great’s extraordinary childhood

Perhaps the most charming idea about the origins of the festive tradition of kissing under the mistletoe derives from a Viking myth of Frigg, goddess of love and marriage, and her ill-fated son Balder. (Photo by Jurg Waldmeier/StockFood Creative/Getty Images Plus)

Q&AWhy do we kiss under the mistletoe?

A medieval illustration showing a doctor bleeding a patient

General History

A history of medicine14 surprising facts

Crassus: Rome’s richest man

Christianity: a success story from the start?

The Unesco world heritage site of Hadrian's Wall. (Photo by Getty Images)

Black British historyBlack Britannia

The Unesco world heritage site of Hadrian's Wall. (Photo by Getty Images)

New light on the end of Roman Britain

The leader of the Luddites, 1812. Found in the collection of British Museum. Anonymous artist. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

5 of the worst years in British history

Episode 8Families, ancestors and DNA

Roman women: everything you wanted to know

A third-century monument of a Roman woman having her hair styled by slaves, from Germany. High-status women on the frontiers, including at Hadrian's Wall, tried to follow the latest Roman fashions (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI / Getty Images)

Roman Britain: what six objects can reveal about life for women at Hadrian’s Wall

Pompey flees after the battle of Pharsalus

The battle of Pharsalus: how Julius Caesar defeated Pompey

Episode 9Ends and beginnings

Hannibal: Rome’s greatest nightmare

The tombstone of a Roman soldier named Vivius Marcianus.

How the Great Fire of London revealed the city’s Roman past

Episode 7Bones, diet and migrants

Episode 6Cultures lost and found

Episode 5An identity crisis?

Alice Roberts on unearthing the Romans, Vikings & Anglo-Saxons

Episode 4Religion and belief

Bronze figure of Sulis, the Celtic goddess associated with medicine, fertility and healing. (Image by Getty Images)

Religion in Roman Britain: spreading the word of the gods

Episode 3A militarised state?

A modern image depicts Caratacus attending a tribunal in Rome, having been captured by Claudius’ soldiers in Britain

Who were the rebels of Roman Britain?

Episode 2Life in the late imperial age

In the AD 40s, the British king Caratacus led a huge revolt against Rome's occupying army. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Caratacus: Roman Britain’s greatest rebel

A bust of Vespasian in Bath. The future emperor was responsible for expanding Roman territory into the west of Britain. (Image by Getty Images)

How did the Romans conquer Britain?

Episode 1Introduction, and a mystery mosaic