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Whithorn Priory, Dumfries and Galloway

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

The Library Ye Olde Travel Guide: Mainz 1455 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of Nikephoros II. (Photo by INTERFOTO/Alamy Stock Photo)

A big day in history: the all-conquering Byzantine emperor Nikephoros II loses his head

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Illustration by Jonty Clark

Ye olde travel guide: Pompeii 79 Ad . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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View towards Steel Rigg from Hadrian's Wall in Northumbria. (Photo by VisitBritain/Rod Edwards via Getty Images)

History explorer: Early Roman Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Illustration by Jonty Clark

Ye olde travel guide: Kiev 978 AD . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Britain under Roman rule and the truth about the crusades . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Mystery and drama with the Romans and the Elizabethans . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two women from South America. Six centuries ago South American civilisations matched the west in some respects. (Getty Images)

The wonder of the west

Hadrian's Wall photographed at Hotbank Crags and looking towards Crag Lough in Northumberland National Park. (Photo by Roger Coulam/Getty Images)

The Library Apocalypse then circa 410: the end of Roman Britain

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The Battle of Zama – Hannibal meets his nemesis

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Inside Pompeii and a date with Elizabeth I . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A second-century bronze head of Roman Emperor Hadrian

Hadrian: rescuer of the Roman Empire

A 1950s illustration of Vladimir Lenin on the sealed train between Switzerland and Russian. (Alamy)

10 ways to start a revolution

A Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall (Getty Images)

How Roman was Britain?