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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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Season of Goodwill
By Clay Lane
‘Goodwill’ was on everyone’s lips, but the Roman Emperor and the God of Israel had very different ideas about it.
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The Battle of Salamis
Based on Plutarch
As the Persian Empire’s grip tightened by land and sea, it fell to one man to unite Greece in a last desperate bid to break it.
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A Battle of Wills
Based on ‘A Book of Golden Deeds’ by Charlotte Yonge
Following an appalling atrocity in fourth-century Thessalonica, two strong and determined men refused to back down.
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The Battle of Ynys Mon
Based on an account by Cornelius Tacitus
Suetonius Paulinus, Governor of Britain, hoped to enhance his reputation.
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A Bird in the Hand is Worth...
By Procopius of Caesarea
The Roman Emperor Honorius, so the story goes, had more on his mind than the impending sack of one of Europe’s iconic cities.
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Hannibal’s Passage of the Alps
Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps with nearly 50,000 men and 38 elephants is the stuff of legend.
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