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A brilliant new account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC.

In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the …

Weird, decadent, degenerate, racially mixed, superstitious, theocratic, effeminate, and even hyper-literate, Byzantium has long been regarded by many as one big curiosity. …

När Diogenes Laertios under 200-talet e.Kr. sammanställde sin text hade han tillgång till ett rikt material. I hans 84 biografier över kända filosofer får vi reda på allt från …

Djupt nere i en faraos grav i nutidens Egypten händer något märkligt. Ramona lägger händerna över två hieroglyfer på gravkammarens vägg, uttalar en ramsa och i nästa stund …

The third in the epic trilogy narrating the history of the Roman Empire from renowned historian Tom Holland

Lycurgus, Pericles, Solon, Nicias, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Cimon, Agesilaus, Alexander `I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so …

CSI: Ancient Rome – discover what everyday killings tell us about the Roman Empire and its people ‘A brilliant idea, brilliantly executed.’ Tom Holland, co-host of The Rest is …

In the year AD 9, three Roman legions were crushed by the German warlord Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. This event is well-known, but there was another uprising …

What can the fall of Rome teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist, both experts in their field, investigateOver the last three …

Walk a day in a Roman’s sandals ... What was it like to live in one of the ancient world’s most powerful and bustling cities – one that was eight times more densely populated than …

'Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen'How can we cope when life's events seem beyond our control? These words of …