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Cicero denounces plot organised by Catiline to take the power, mural painting by Cesare Maccari.
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Gladiators do battle in a c320 AD mosaic, housed in the Borghese Gallery in Rome
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A portrait of Anne Boleyn
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Why did Henry VIII send Anne Boleyn to the block?

Gladiators and the colosseum
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Quiz What gladiator would you be?

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Thomas Cromwell: the triumph and tragedy of Henry VIII’s right-hand man . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Visitors promenade alongside a lake with Surrey Zoological Gardens in the background, 1844 (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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Manchester dog show, c1909
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