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How one monarch unified his nation and created a medieval superpower

LECHFELD, BAVARIA 10-12 AUGUST 955

Carthage burned for six days. After three long years of siege, in the spring of 146 BC Roman soldiers finally broke through the city’s defences and began to slaughter the population. But still the Car

There were 13 men: unlucky for someone. They were dressed to kill – but so was everyone else. In what was essentially an army camp, crammed with armed men, the assailants blended right in. Moving casu

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If Philip II of Macedon had been defeated at Chaeronea in 338 BCE the history of the entire world may have looked very different