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Classical History
The Last Days of Socrates
Socrates was placed on death row while Athens celebrated a religious festival.
The Battle of Marathon
Remembered as the inspiration of the famous Olympic road race, but much more important than that.
First Contact
Julius Caesar came over from France expecting to silence the noisy neighbours, but things did not go according to plan.
Season of Goodwill
‘Goodwill’ was on everyone’s lips, but the Roman Emperor and the God of Israel had very different ideas about it.
The Speech of King Caratacus
A proud British king, taken to Rome as a trophy of Empire, refused to plead for his life.
by Cornelius Tacitus ?56-?120
Discovery and Invention
A Man called ‘Beta’
For a perennial ‘runner-up’, Eratosthenes had a peculiar knack of being first.