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Harry-Williams-Bulkeley sitting at a table with silver candlesticks

My life in history International head of silver at Christie’s . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A section of the Via Flaminia – the ancient route linking Rome with Rimini – in Fossombrone (Photo by karayuschij/Getty Images)

“Roman roads turn up so often” | Catherine Fletcher on what the Romans did for European transport networks . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Colorized illustration (after an engraving by Robert William Sievier) depicts English painter Sarah Biffen (1784 - 1850), 1821. Born without arms, she learned to paint, eventually receiving Royal commissions for her work. (Photo by Science Source/Photo Researchers History/Getty Images)

“People have achieved all kinds of crazy things at the age of 18” | Alice Loxton on the teens who’ve changed British history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sun gods and goddesses 16 solar deities from world history

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8 August

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An English fleet defeats the French at the battle of Sluys in 1340. By now, Edward III’s war machine was reaping the benefits of a system of national taxation, approved by parliament (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

How King John helped bring about a political miracle in medieval England . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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