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We sort fact from fiction in Ridley Scott’s upcoming Roman
The most intriguing aspect of this book is that it’s written as a sort of ‘life in the day’ of the Colosseum, that vast edifice begun in Rome by the emperor Vespasian (AD 69–79) to entertain the masse
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
Your interesting feature about the role of medieval warhorses in shaping British history (August) reminded me of a subsequent occasion in which horsepower became a critical factor. In April 1660, with
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SFX HEADS TO VANCOUVER TO VISIT THE TRON: ARES GRID AND TALK ALL THINGS TRON WITH THE FILMMAKERS BEHIND THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL
The cut-throat politics of Syracuse informed Plato’s thinking