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Carthage vs Greeks? The First Sicilian War
13 July 2021480 BC is a year widely-celebrated in Greek history. When Leonidas' Spartan core and their Hellenic allies fought a powerful Persian army at...
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Runes
13 July 2021Runes give us a unique understanding of the Vikings in their very own words. While the Latin alphabet became widely adopted in northwestern Europe...
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Sodomy & Sex Crimes in France
12 July 2021In the 16th and 17th centuries and beyond, certain sexual acts were made capital crimes in England, France and other countries. The offence...
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Captain Cook 250 Years On
12 July 2021250 years ago today Captain James arrived back from one of the most remarkable voyages of exploration in the history of the world. The expedition...
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How To Predict the Future of War
12 July 2021With every new technological breakthrough the battlefield of the future changes, often beyond recognition. Named as one of the United States’...
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The Irish War of Independence
11 July 202111 July 1921 the truce that bought the Irish War of Independence came into effect. The negotiations that brought about the end of hostilities,...
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Julius Caesar’s Invasions of Britain
11 July 2021On the day of the Euro 2020 final, we’re talking England versus Italy…Ancients style (well, sort of). Historian and archaeologist Dr Simon...
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A History of Tennis
10 July 2021In this archive episode, David Berry joined Dan on the pod to discuss the history of tennis. From the birth of modern tennis in Victorian Britain to...
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Battlefield Archaeology
10 July 2021How different is battlefield archaeology compared to other disciplines? Do local legends ever help track down evidence in a field? And why are potato...
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How Coffee and Tobacco Captivated Britain
9 July 2021When tobacco arrived in Britain in the 1560s, it was hailed as a "holy herb", a miracle cure to improve health and a catalyst for wit and...
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Spitfires: The Kids Who Built Them
9 July 202181 years after the beginning of the Battle of Britain in July 1940, we are looking at the people behind one of the iconic machines which helped the...
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The Death of Anne Boleyn
8 July 2021The Story of the Death of Anne Boleyn is a long narrative poem written by the secretary to the French ambassador in London within two weeks of the...
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