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Classical History
Tales of tragedy, ambition and heroism from the Battle of Marathon and Hannibal’s passage of the Alps to Caesar’s fateful crossing of the Rubicon.
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Horatius at the Bridge
Based on a story by Charlotte Yonge
Horatius Cocles was the last man standing between Rome’s republic and the return of totalitarian government in 509 BC.
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Keep away from the Games!
From ‘Letters to Lucilius’ by Seneca the Younger
The wise old philosopher had learnt that popular entertainments rot the soul.
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The Last Gladiator
By Clay Lane
The people of Rome suddenly turned their back on centuries of ‘sport’ - all because of one harmless old man.
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A Man called ‘Beta’
For a perennial ‘runner-up’, Eratosthenes had a peculiar knack of being first.
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The Speech of King Caratacus
By Cornelius Tacitus
A proud British king, taken to Rome as a trophy of Empire, refused to plead for his life.
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