From the Colosseum to the Palace of Knossos, from Hadrian’s Wall to the Parthenon, this episode of That’s Ancient History travels the Ancient World as it survives today. 127 more words

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Resuming our narrative of the history of Carthage, we turn to one of the successor realms in the West led by a second cousin of Alexander the Great: Pyrrhus, King of Epirus.

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During the 415 – 413 BC Athenian invasion of Sicily, a Syracusan aristocrat named Hermocrates had become the hero of […]

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When we left you at the end of the last episode, there was some major events afoot. There’s nothing like a murder in the city. This is especially the case when the person turning up dead is a Roman magistrate! In this episode we consider what happens to Gnaeus Genucius and Volero Publius. Murder Most…

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Like housing in every city and town, those in Pompeii had a wide array of styles and stature, from the most basic through to the affluent. Walking the streets can give you a strong sense of how everyday Pompeiians lived, if you know what to look for. Guest: Dr Gillian Shepherd (Director, Trendall Centre, La…

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