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A hoard of British coins bearing the inscription of King Cunobelin and found in a Dutch field in October 2023 have been identified as very likely to be the spoils of war of a Roman soldier from the co
In AD 897, Pope Formosus was put on trial for the crimes of perjury, coveting the papacy and violating canon law by holding more than one bishopric at a time. In truth, the whole thing was a spectacle
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The fate of an Elizabethan hoard
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