The first few Roman Emperors included some pretty bad guys. The jury is out on…
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History
Claudius and Caligula: Why was the Roman Republic never Restored?
by Kurt Readmanby Kurt ReadmanA casual glance at Roman history seems to suggest it followed a straightforward path. The…
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The Apicius Cookbook, known as the De Re Coquinaria or De Re Culinarian (On the…
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“Crossing the Rubicon” is, if not a common phrase, something recognizable to most. It captures…
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The Songhai Empire was a great trading state found in West Africa that flourished between…
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In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree: where Alph, the sacred river, ran…
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Gaius Julius Caesar is, as a historical figure, not a straightforward proposition. The Romans with…
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In a world full of giant global corporations that seem to rule the world, neither…
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World War I, or the “Great War,” was one of the first global conflicts that…
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In didn’t take much territory to rule an empire back in medieval Europe. As the…
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19th century Imperial China was a very different country to today. Although notionally a sovereign…
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Archaeology
Inca Roads: How do You Run an Empire when You Don’t Have the Wheel?
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriAt its height, the Inca Empire stretched almost the entire length of the Andes. The…
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In the far northeast of India, on the great plains south of the foothills of…
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History
Sviatoslav of the Grand Kievan Rus: another Alexander the Great?
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriIn 945 AD, Igor the Old ruled the loose federation of eastern European territories known…
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In the coastal desert of the Moche valley in northern Peru, a huge, long abandoned…