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A trieme is rowed towards a naval battle in a scene depicting the battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC

The ancient Greeks at war: hoplites, the phalanx and the greatest battles

Ancient Greek statesman Solon sits on a throne, with a subject petitioning him

Who’s who in ancient Greece? Meet 14 influential ancient Greeks

From transfusions of lambs’ blood to tooth replacements, Paul Craddock chronicles the strange history of transplant surgery

Transplant surgery: an eye-opening history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A stone statue of Achilles

Q&AWhy do we say ‘Achilles Heel’?

An ancient Greek vase depicts animal sacrifice of a cow by two women

Your guide to Ancient Greece: everything you wanted to know

Politicians in suits discuss the Paris Peace Treaty inside the Palace of Versailles

The Paris Peace Conference: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

World history in 100 moments. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The death of Domitian: how aristocrats conspired against the Roman emperor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Extraordinary hoaxes of the 18th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, the top above water

Britain’s nuclear deterrent: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of Henry VII, surrounded by Tudor roses. In the background there are shadows of those who challenged for his throne.

Henry VII: the greatest pretender. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dancers in a nightclub

Aids: the epidemic that changed Britain

Q&ADid the Scottish mass-murdering cannibal Sawney Bean actually exist?

Empress Maria Theresa, a portrait

Maria Theresa: empress, warrior, matriarch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Hawker Hurricane of Fighter Command on its way to intercept German bombers as they crossed the south coast of England during the Battle of Britain, 1940. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

6 Battle of Britain myths. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Peep at St. Peter or The Poet in a Pickle

Q&AWhy do we say 'Peeping Tom'?

An archetypal country house in its grounds, in the mist

From Roman villas to Downton Abbey: Britain’s country houses. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“A dead whale or a stove boat”: whaling in the 19th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration showing a woman 'Arib al-Ma’muniyya, playing an instrument while four men listen. A chess board is in the foreground

'Arib al-Ma’muniyya: the enslaved medieval woman who sang her way to wealth. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An Israeli pilot after the raid on Entebbe

Operation Thunderbolt: Was the 1976 'raid on Entebbe' a brilliant rescue?

Hitler’s war on “degenerate art”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of a man on a penny-farthing

Q&AHow dangerous was the penny-farthing?

An Anglo-Saxon cross from the church of St Michael

Anglo-Saxon conversion: the coming of the cross (at the point of a sword)

A portrait of a member of the Borgias family

The Borgias: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two Hitler Youth who have surrendered to Allied Forces, Germany, 1945. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

First World War

Innocence under fire: how children were used in warfare of the past

A set of Tudor faces laid out on playing cards

Why the Tudors fell for courtly love. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian Bettany Hughes in front of the Rock of Gibraltar

Bettany Hughes“We were trying to find stories that tell us about resilience – history as a kind of therapy”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wedgwood: the radical potter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 'teacher' in Milgram's study is instructed to administer an electric shock to a 'learner'.

Experiments in evil: the shocking efforts to understand the atrocities of the Holocaust. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A bust of Ashoka the Great

History heroNihal Arthanayake chooses Ashoka the Great (c304–c232 BC). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.