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Jul 10, 2025 · When the south Italian town of Pompeii was destroyed during the eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, it had been under Roman control for some 160 years, and Roman military …

Nov 27, 2025 · In introducin­g Elstead to this strange creature, HG Wells was joining a long list of writers to conjure the inhabitant­s of a mysterious underwater civilisati­on into fictional life. In fact, the …

Nov 27, 2025 · It didn’t pay to get on the wrong side of the gods in ancient mythology. Just ask Laocoön, a Trojan priest who offended the deity Minerva – and didn’t live to tell the tale. As the Roman poet …

Oct 26, 2023 · The First Crusade was a major military feat, but its legacy over the following two centuries proved problemati­c

Jul 4, 2024 · NICHOLAS VINCENT enjoys a lively if uneven account of an extraordin­ary year in which baronial revolt and a rampaging French king almost put an end to the English ...

May 11, 2023 · The secretary of state for war resigns after admitting his liaison with Christine Keeler