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Augustine the African Catherine Conybeare (Profile, £25) ...

324 CE CONSTANTINOPLE FOUNDED Constantine selects Byzantium as ...

I greatly enjoyed your interview with Alice Roberts about her new book Domination, (Books Interview, September), and its argument that the church was essentially Rome rebadged, with its structures and

FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, USA 11-15 DECEMBER 1862

THE TURNING POINTS OF 1812

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w